Our Values

CLASP Values

Culture

Land, Water, and Sky

Kinship

Learning and Education

Stories

Enactments

describe how we intend to live out our values together.

  • We encourage awareness of the beauty of Indigenous stories, artistry, and communities with gratitude to the sacred elements for being our great teachers.

  • We have the utmost respect for our connections and recognize that the sole authority of decisions comes from our respective communities.

  • We connect and relate with people and the unbound elements that unite us together.

  • We engage in healthy interactions full of pauses, reciprocity, in-depth conversations, and relationship-building.

  • We listen to individual and collective perspectives and experiences to uplift many voices and share the whole story.

  • We give back to our relatives, teachers, communities, and sacred elements through amplifying, sharing, revitalizing, and passing on knowledge to build better futures.

  • We acknowledge every season that comes and the productive discomfort that comes with embracing all side(s) of the entire story.

Our Goals

  • Goal 1: We seek to sustain culture and strengthen kinship with Native youth, their families, and their communities.

  • Goal 2: We seek to create learning experiences shared by Indigenous peoples/communities that promote kinship, educate the public, and inform policy.

Our Logo and the Seasons

Our logo features seasonal iterations that honor the rhythms and pace of nature, which reflects our shared connection with the earth's natural cycles. As we hold reverence for each season we find ourselves in; we honor it, celebrate it, practice it, learn from it, and allow it to manifest in our own rhythm of work as we collaborate. The homelands of the CLASP Collaborative communities inspires the landscape that encapsulates this logo we have designed together. The first logo is a standard for non-seasonal purposes and the other four logos are used for work shared in the appropriate season. The spring logo has the morning light with the yucca plant flowering. The summer logo is midday and is marked by shadows on the land. The fall logo is sunset time and reflects the colors of harvest. The winter logo’s colors are icy at night, with shiny stars in the sky and glowing in the lake's waters.

Standard

Default

Spring

February - April

Summer

May - July

Fall

August - October

Winter

November - January