Philosophy
Beans and Rice, Inc. is not a historical social service agency. We listen to the community by being with the community rather than being service providers. By “being with” we mean that we provide safe space for community members to interact with each other and with us in parity. In this safe space Beans and Rice becomes the community. As a group we work to recognize, claim, own and act on our individual and community resources and capacities.
We recognize that preparing community members to struggle in the competitive individualism of the school and work world is insufficient to bring about permanent change for us as individuals and as a community. Our goal in the short term is to provide knowledge and skills for school and work. Our long-term goal as individuals and as a community is to be change drivers in society.
