Mary Magdalene Project Core Beliefs
- All women are entitled to unconditional respect for their intrinsic dignity and value
- Neglect, oppression and victimization during childhood can render some women incapable of protecting themselves from harm and fulfilling their potential
- Some women make survival-based decisions, choosing prostitution as an available option; women would not be street prostitutes if they had viable options
- Prostitutes have children, effective services must take this into consideration; children of prostitutes become/are victims
- A cycle of violence and neglect can be broken but it is difficult to get out of prostitution on one's own; long-term intervention by an effective organization works
- Fragile, vulnerable women need to see, experience, and practice honesty, integrity, reliability and forth-rightness in a variety of relationships
- Ex-prostitutes and their children can be well served by an organization that remains actively aware of circumstances affecting marginalized women
- An effective organization needs an explicit and proactive planning, implementation and evaluation process; a structured mechanism for collaboration among/between policy makers, staff, volunteers and service recipients
- An organization with a team-culture can efficiently accomplish specific goals while providing an atmosphere flexible to growth and unpredictable events
- The vitality of an organization can be greatly enhanced by educational opportunities it offers to service recipients, staff, volunteers and the community
- Every individual has a right to fair, equitable treatment in an environment free of bias and prejudices; diversity among people should be honored.
- An effective organization needs an explicit and proactive planning, implementation and evaluation process; a structured mechanism for collaboration among/between policy makers, staff, volunteers and service recipients
- An organization with a team-culture can efficiently accomplish specific goals while providing an atmosphere flexible to growth and unpredictable events
- The vitality of an organization can be greatly enhanced by educational opportunities it offers to service recipients, staff, volunteers and the community
