Prevention Institute's Federal Policy Priorities, Principles & Values

Policy Priorities, principles & Values

As we have worked with communities around the country,* we have come to recognize a set of core stabilizing elements that we call the Pillars of Wellbeing. Because these Pillars are essential for people and for communities to flourish, our policy priorities are informed by, and emphasize them. They are:

• Belonging and connectedness: being accepted, having a place, feeling part of something
• Safety: the experience of security and stability at the interpersonal, emotional, and community level
• Dignity: the experience of having worth/value; living in a climate of mutual respect and regard
• Trust: the ability to rely on the wider community, government, and public institutions
• Hope and aspiration: the belief that progress is possible
• Control of destiny and self-determination: the ability to take action and lead change