Capita envisions a future in which children and families realize their full potential as beloved members of a peaceful, prosperous, creative society, living in harmonious interdependence in a healthy, clean, and fruitful ecosystem. This vision is central to all of our work.
We call for a society that provides the foundational requirements of human flourishing (education, nurturance, and health; artistic, cultural, and economic assets; mental and spiritual well-being; and the ability to contribute meaningfully as citizens) to all people, and in which all people contribute to their fullest capacity—regardless of class, race, creed, gender, sexuality, ability, or age. Society need not be a ruthless competition for scarce resources.
But today, not everyone has the same opportunities to flourish. So often, the needs of children and families are excluded from how we shape our political, economic, and social systems. Rhetoric, policies, and ideas are biased towards adults, even though it is our children who will shape societies in decades to come. Systemic discrimination, marginalization, exclusion, and dehumanization prevent society from meeting the needs of children and families. This is particularly acute in communities who are othered and for those furthest from opportunity.
Rooted in our vision of loving, cooperative, and just societies, we will work in solidarity with families and communities. Together, we will design and promote creative approaches that include everyone, compatible with generational wisdom, for advancing human flourishing. We will contribute our effort to dismantling historic marginalization and dehumanization, work to establish equitable access to resources and opportunities, and put the future of children and their families front and center.
We believe that wisdom takes many forms and emerges best in a polyphonic chorus of voices. We want to broaden and deepen our work by sharing knowledge from different contexts. We want our communications to acknowledge and celebrate a wealth of stories, voices, experiences, and ideas. We want our team, our partners, and our leaders to embrace the diversity of our world.