The properties of light is rooted in a commitment to (un)learning and intersectional justice, and the pursuit of mutual aid communities aimed at caring not for others, but with others.
We believe in the power, ability, and creativity of our community to engage in care with one another;
We believe in rejecting pathology, compliance, and assimilation, and we value radical acceptance, autonomy, and authenticity;
We believe in abolitionist, anti-oppressive, and anti-carceral approaches to mental health and community wellness, and we value repair + redistribution of individualized wealth and resources;
We believe in rejecting individualism and the capitalist myths of scarcity and independence, and we value both autonomy and interdependence;
We believe that change is both possible and necessary.