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Guiding Principles

Ruby Payne and aha! Process, Inc. believe:

  We can better educate all children, particularly children from poverty.
  People are our most important resource, regardless of race or culture.
  Relationships and education are essential for individuals to move out of poverty.
  Individuals must be able to translate from the concrete to the abstract.
  Research must have "ecological validity"; it must be true to its context and not just its methodology of study.
  We can positively affect an individual's quality of life.
  We can impact family structures so that children and families have more resources available to them.
  We must "give back" to children in poverty through our efforts in lobbying, foundation development, and educational giving.

We believe that we can make a difference. And that you can too.