What matters most to you? If all the distractions of everyday were to fall away, what would keep you grounded? What would guide you in making choices about how to live? 

All of these questions point to the need to get clear on our values, our moral compass, the principles or guideposts that can support us in responding to the questions: "How will I live today?"

If you've never thought to ask that question, culture asks and answers it for you. If you haven't gotten clear on your values and how to put them into action, culture has given you values to act on whether you know it or not. Culture is built on beliefs and values and communicated through structures and behaviors; it is inevitable we are shaped and formed by the culture or cultures we are immersed in, whether family, community, or nation. At this time of cultural reckoning in the United States, one of the most caring and potentially transformative things that social change leaders can do for themselves and others is to get clear on their principles: the core values that guide their action. 

In this month's workshop, Perry will invite Hub members to get clear on their core values, to do the work of turning those values into leadership principles that can be expressed through behavior and action, and to contemplate the relationship between one's core values and the core values of the dominant cultures in our homes, communities, and workplaces.