Misson Statement

We Keep Us Safe

We’re a tiny, autonomous collective of persons freely offering labor and compassion to help build up our communities. We are still gestating and discovering our power – and invite you to join us in this process.

We are dedicated to creating safety for each other on a variety of levels that are vital to our communities today, from within a paradigm of burner values.

We aim to take the experiences and skills developed to create self reliant communities for burns, and use them to build stronger and more resilient communities at home.

Radical Self-Expression

Why are we doing this?

Let Yourself Shine! is an effort to further the mission of bringing burner values into our communities. We aim to harness burner volunteer culture & love of artistic expression to build allyship with & raise funds to support our transgender & gender non-conforming community.

We believe that upholding the burner values of Radical Self-Expression & Radical Inclusion aligns deeply with supporting our gender diverse community. Let’s inspire each other in a shared space of celebration, solidarity, & creativity.

Participation

Everyone is a participant.

Artists, performers, builders, sound engineers, team leads, donors, and attendees alike. All are volunteers and participants.

We work together to empower one another, so that we can each take better care of ourselves and each other. This empowerment is the basis for enabling Radical Self-Reliance, and Decommodification.

In this way we create social networks of mutual aid, that don’t depend on how much we can make from each other, but instead what we can create together.

Gifting

Embedded in our culture is the principle of Gifting. Gifts are given freely, with no expectation of exchange or reward.

By gifting, we discover needs, and find ways to rely on each other. That is part of how we start to build and empower communities.

There are many forms of gifting. Offering your time and attention is a gift. Contributing your art, your skills, your passion, or your labor. For many of us, ourselves is the only gift we have to give. All are gifts warmly and graciously reveived.