Building Audacity

Youth Lead. 

We believe that youth are our present and future. We resource their ideas to create the community they want to exist. No program at Building Audacity is created by an adult. All programs are initiated by youth ideas and must have youth members on the organizing staff.

Collaboration in Compromise

No one voice has more weight/value than any other. Adults have the same voice as youth. No movement on an effort unless all can agree. This means our decision making process is slow but it ensures all at the table are invested and heard in the decisions made.

Prioritize the Most Marginalized

Programs are catered to ensure that those most marginalized will be able to thrive while participating in the effort.

Make Space for Humanity

Grace and patience is given to all folx. This means that we start meetings with checking in, we make time for real life to happen and hold our community with intentionality.

Decision Making with Representation

Each constituent directly affected by a Building Audacity project leads the decision making process. Surveys are sent to constituents to determine what services are needed and how they want to receive said services. No program at Building Audacity is made without first listening to our community.

Approach & Methodology

Listening Is the First Step In Learning

All folx are the experts of their experience. To be in community means to listen and move according to what is shared.

Diversity + Inclusion+ Equity = Equality

All Building Audacity program pathways are grounded in the belief that diversity means the inclusion of all, inclusion means the willingness to share power with all, equity means allowing all to be their full selves. The result of living these definitions, equality.