"We define kindness as sharing your strengths rather than your weakness, so everyone has a strength to share with someone no matter what it is."
Christopher Watts, Chief Executive Officer
Our Mission
Dismantle systemic, structural racism to achieve health equity, workforce equity, education equity and public equity.
Our Vision
A strong, thriving community without institutional barriers that stands in the way of equitable participation.
The Kindness Campaign implements fearless approaches to initiate social change and improvement by taking risks on new ideas and approaches, partnering “across lines” with people and stakeholders that share our belief to engage people and change the community for the better, today. We provide services for all sectors with a set of core values that drive our initiatives:
Health Equity
Education Equity
Workforce Equity
Public Equity
Health Equity is our commitment to reduce and eliminate disparities in health and in its determinants, including social determinants.
Diet & Exercise
Healthcare Access
Behavioral Health
Everyone Against Racism
Education Equity is our commitment to practices, policies and procedures at the school and district level to achieves academic fairness, inclusion and matriculation for every student. This provides students the resources, teachers, interventions and supports they need to be successful.
Service Learning
Social & Emotional Learning
Out-Of-School Activities
Workforce Equity is our commitment to a labor market in which bias income gaps are eliminated, all jobs are good careers and everyone who wants to work has access to self-supporting and family supporting employment.
Career Counseling
Career Placement Assistance
Youth Summer Employment & Training
Career Training
Public Equity our commitment to fairness and justice in the formulation of public policy, distribution of public services, implementation of public policy and management of all institutions serving the public directly or by contract.
Ownership & Investment
Creating A Welcoming Community
Financial Empowerment
Civic Leadership