- Belief in the potential for human growth and development. No one is expendable, certainly not whole populations—the poor Americans and people of color who are over-represented in prison.
- Justice requires accountability. Offenders must understand the harms that are generated when someone commits violence and/or a crime.
- Community involvement facilitates both belonging and accountability for survivors and offenders.
- Healing requires opportunities to make amends for people who have committed harms and opportunities to have a voice for those who have survived violence.
- Systems of racial, gender and economic oppression must be dismantled for all of us to experience justice.