Principles of Community Week Content

Principles of Community Week Returns Feb. 12

Cody Kitaura — February 06, 2024 - 9:55am

Principles of Community Week returns to Davis, Sacramento and Zoom rooms all around the world starting Feb. 12.

In the words of organizers, the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis event “celebrates the Principles of Community — our shared aspirations to value our individual differences and common ground, as we work to create an inclusive and intellectually vibrant community.”

Celebrating the Principles of Community

Dave Jones — February 15, 2022 - 3:52pm

Principles of Community Week, starting Feb. 22, “is a time to remember and celebrate our collective values such as affirming the right of freedom of expression, rejecting violence in all forms and rejecting all manifestations of discrimination.”

Celebrating and Exploring During Principles of Community Week

Cody Kitaura — February 23, 2021 - 9:49am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis is celebrating its Principles of Community this week — the ideals that “keep us grounded in a spirit of mutual respect,” as Chancellor Gary S. May said during the opening ceremony Monday (Feb. 22).

“It means we find strength in our diversity and recognize the value we all bring to 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, no matter what our background or point of view may be,” May said of the document, first signed in 1990.

Reaffirming the Meaning Behind the Principles of Community

Cody Kitaura — February 09, 2021 - 11:00am

Principles of Community Week is approaching, and after the events of 2020 the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is asking the campus community to describe the document in a campaign that will become a reaffirmation of our values — the way Aggies treat one another and want to be treated — in future years.

“When you — our students, our educators, our researchers, our staff — think about what the Principles of Community ought to be, what words come to mind?” the office said in an email to students today (Feb. 9).

Shout It Out: Principles of Community Week

Dave Jones — February 20, 2020 - 7:19am

Every day is Principles of Community Day at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, though we need not say it out loud. We know it’s there, this document that embodies the values about treating one another and how we want to be treated ourselves, with equity and justice.

Celebrating the Principles of Community

Dave Jones — February 24, 2019 - 3:51pm

Updated 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19: The sand mandala project has been canceled, but the Community Art Mandala Workshop is still on for Thursday, Feb. 28. See the schedule below.

The Updated 6 p.m. Feb. 13 to note a change in time for the Racial Healing Circle, and to add it to the list of events for which RSVPs are requested.

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Mandala Unites Joy and Principles of Community

Dave Jones — February 19, 2019 - 2:54pm

A sand mandala project by Tibetan monks from the East Bay has unfortunately been canceled, but 51�ԹϺ�� Davis is still hosting a Community Art Mandala Workshop, free and family friendly, the evening of Thursday, Feb. 28.

Principles of Community Week 2018

Dave Jones — February 16, 2018 - 12:39pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis’ annual Principles of Community Week will be Feb. 26 to March 3, celebrating the nearly 30-year-old document that serve as an aspirational statement affirming our commitment to the highest standards of civility and decency towards all.

Principles of Community Week: 'This Is Who We Are'

Dave Jones — February 23, 2016 - 11:52am

Every year around this time we celebrate Principles of Community Week — a time to renew our commitment to the principles and declare, “This is who we aspire to be.” This year's Principles of Community Week, Feb. 29-March 4, also allows us to make a statement about the suspected hate crime of Feb. 15, to declare, “This is NOT who we are.”