Flowing Principles

The core principles of VartaLeap Coalition enable all members to identify and co-create widely adaptable products, experiences, and programs on youth leadership. This FLOWING protocol listed as follows also enables an ecosystem of practitioners to emerge rather than standalone initiatives.
F: Feelings of youth must be honored
We respect what you feel and commit to not bring judgment (even if these feelings do not fit into a rational and logical framework of a person/ community) because we believe that thoughts and actions are rooted in feelings.
L: Leading together with adults
We commit to co-leadership and co-creation as critical elements for facilitating ownership and stakes for everyone.
O: Ownership of self to society
We acknowledge that ‘self’ is placed in the context of ‘society’’ with both influencing each other enabling a dynamic spiral of
systems transformation.
W: Willingness to take risks
We encourage coming out of the comfort zone and embrace risks with acknowledgment and recognition to nurture the creativity and potential of leaders, organizations, and institutions. We implore everyone to not be deterred by the risk of failure but to celebrate the joy of co-learning.
I: Inclusion for all
We commit to inclusion for all identities based upon social, cultural, faith, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and disability,
thoughts and choice, belief, and all other kinds of possible diversity.
N: Now is as important as the future
We acknowledge that the ‘now’ of today, is the history of tomorrow and the pathway of the future.
G: Grounded in learning through action and Reflection (Refl-action)
We acknowledge the cyclic nature of action and reflection and commit to this intrinsically iterative character of co-learning and co-creation.