A 501(c )(3) public charity, the Decency Foundation’s mission is to:

Develop the transformational promise of Radical Decency and Relationality; transcending, in this way, the ingrained me-first, compete to win values that fail us; and

Offer programs that challenge us and others to join in this process and to practice Radical Decency/Relationality with growing focus, persistence and creativity in every area of living.

We humans thrive, not by dominating others and “winning,” but in connection with each other.

Understanding this, the answer to “me” is to make “we” – our engagements with others – our priority. This relational way of being is embodied in, and made vividly real in our lives when, in all of our choices, we embrace decency:

1. Respecting and accepting the wondrous complexity we all share as humans,
2. Seeking to understand, empathize and appreciate the many challenges we each face in life, and
3. Committing, always, to be fair and just.

With this shift to relational decency, we replace the need to compete and win with:

1. Curiosity and possibility,
2. Wisdom in our choices, and
3. Skill in their execution.