The Columbia Street Project Goals

Demonstrating commitment to the vision of community outreach by:

           1. Creating an inviting space conducive to collaboration with                       other social service entities…

           2. Breaking silo non-profit traditions through partnership and the                 exchange of ideas with other community action agencies…

           3. Daring to risk financial failure by attempting strategies outside                 the traditional social justice box…

Creating opportunity for the best and the brightest to bring their passions to the table…

Daring to step outside our boundaries by living our faith through service…

Service through a listening ear to the divergent stories of others and sharing those stories with the public through social media…

Standing firm for social justice both within the institution and within society…

Drawing communities and the criminal justice culture together in dialogue to explore ways of addressing our mutual failures…

Viewing restorative justice not only as a matter between victims and perpetrators of crime but accepting that too often our institutions become perpetrators, and our communities, victims…