Position on Justice - a living, evolving statement:
The mission of Pinnacle Prevention is to cultivate a just food system and opportunities for joyful movement. We accomplish this through policy, planning, and programming.
Values that guide our work are: Compassion, Respect, Collaboration, Accountability, and Justice.
At Pinnacle Prevention, we are committed to cultivating a just food system and opportunities for joyful movement. We know that the health and wellbeing of one is intimately bound to the health and wellbeing of all. To achieve this, we recognize the need to eliminate inequities. Our only path toward healing ourselves and the systems at the core of our work is through a deep commitment to social, environmental, and economic justice for all. We advocate for self-determination, free from all forms of oppression, systemic or otherwise. We center and uplift those who are most impacted by structural inequities, and actively work for the fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement of those who historically and currently experience marginalization. We believe there is strength in our collective lived experiences, and power in celebrating our differences while recognizing our interdependence.
Most importantly, we uphold that we cannot achieve justice without racial justice, and that achieving equity requires dismantling racism and repairing the centuries of harm inflicted on Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Oppression and exploitation have deep roots in our country. This legacy, along with centuries of discriminatory policies, has been institutionalized in all aspects of our society and continues to marginalize Black, Indigenous, and people of color, creating significant health disparities, exploitation, and barriers to opportunity and ownership. Systemic racism is deeply pervasive and visible across all indicators of success and wellness[1].
To truly ensure that all people have the opportunity to thrive we center the most marginalized to elevate healing and justice for all. We make space within our work for people to achieve personally-defined liberation for themselves. We recognize that cultivating justice for all is both a process and outcome. It requires ongoing practice, patience, and a sustained commitment to personal healing. It also requires intersectional approaches beyond just our food systems and community design systems. We are committed to approaching this work with sincerity, humility, vulnerability, compassion, and without perfection as we are still growing and learning.
This position has been crafted with influence, inspiration, and wisdom from Radicle Root Collective; San Diego Food System Alliance; the Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine; the Othering and Belonging Institute; and Health Equity Science.
[1] Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine. Transforming Clinical Education, Research, and Practice. Noor Chadha; Bernadette Lim; Madeleine Kane; Brenly Rowland. Institute for Healing and Justice Research
Citations: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e94e4feaa92821de07e3682/t/5ecec5106840734102ca0c73/1590609169237/Working+Paper+Citations_adjusted.pdf
Values that guide our work are: Compassion, Respect, Collaboration, Accountability, and Justice.
At Pinnacle Prevention, we are committed to cultivating a just food system and opportunities for joyful movement. We know that the health and wellbeing of one is intimately bound to the health and wellbeing of all. To achieve this, we recognize the need to eliminate inequities. Our only path toward healing ourselves and the systems at the core of our work is through a deep commitment to social, environmental, and economic justice for all. We advocate for self-determination, free from all forms of oppression, systemic or otherwise. We center and uplift those who are most impacted by structural inequities, and actively work for the fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement of those who historically and currently experience marginalization. We believe there is strength in our collective lived experiences, and power in celebrating our differences while recognizing our interdependence.
Most importantly, we uphold that we cannot achieve justice without racial justice, and that achieving equity requires dismantling racism and repairing the centuries of harm inflicted on Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Oppression and exploitation have deep roots in our country. This legacy, along with centuries of discriminatory policies, has been institutionalized in all aspects of our society and continues to marginalize Black, Indigenous, and people of color, creating significant health disparities, exploitation, and barriers to opportunity and ownership. Systemic racism is deeply pervasive and visible across all indicators of success and wellness[1].
To truly ensure that all people have the opportunity to thrive we center the most marginalized to elevate healing and justice for all. We make space within our work for people to achieve personally-defined liberation for themselves. We recognize that cultivating justice for all is both a process and outcome. It requires ongoing practice, patience, and a sustained commitment to personal healing. It also requires intersectional approaches beyond just our food systems and community design systems. We are committed to approaching this work with sincerity, humility, vulnerability, compassion, and without perfection as we are still growing and learning.
This position has been crafted with influence, inspiration, and wisdom from Radicle Root Collective; San Diego Food System Alliance; the Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine; the Othering and Belonging Institute; and Health Equity Science.
[1] Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine. Transforming Clinical Education, Research, and Practice. Noor Chadha; Bernadette Lim; Madeleine Kane; Brenly Rowland. Institute for Healing and Justice Research
Citations: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e94e4feaa92821de07e3682/t/5ecec5106840734102ca0c73/1590609169237/Working+Paper+Citations_adjusted.pdf
