Sadie believes…

  1. We see systemic discrimination and bias against people based on race, gender identity, disability, body size, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, faith, ethnicity, immigration status, and/or country of origin as a both a dangerous public health crisis and an impediment to building meaningful communities.  To succeed in our mission and as a community, we have to intentionally build systems that account for the significant individual and overlapping hurdles faced by people within these identities. 

  2. The lack of support and engagement for BIPOC players, educators, and leaders in the kink scene is especially unacceptable. This systemic failure impedes the circulation of and investment in BIPOC-led educational content and community programming. We strive to create a community that feels both engaging and comfortable for BIPOC participants, leadership, and contributors.

  3. Sex work and sex workers deserve representation in our leadership and community, as well as our respect and gratitude as foundational builders of the kink scene we share. Sex work is care work and creative work. This labor bolsters and tone-sets for so much of our activity.

  4. By providing financial, professional, and social resources, we can increase the quality and diversity of education and resources currently offered and address the high attrition rate across the kink scene.

  5. Our communities are more diverse, more sustainable, more ethical, and can do more good when contributors are compensated.

  6. Investing in growing a base of diverse, competent, engaging, and ethical educators, organizers, and attendees can meaningfully disrupt the harmful norms so present in our communities.

  7. Sadie operates with contributor, community, and educational sustainability in mind. We program prioritizing community energy, curriculum longevity, and the prevention of contributor burnout.

  8. We deserve a space that is sexy, joyful, engaging, and thoughtfully programmed with community wellness and values at the forefront. We deserve events, education, and community that are both good *and* hot.

  9. A healthy community prioritizes both joy and safety, and understands the related impact of prioritizing consent, protecting survivors, and recognizing the power dynamics at play between community members, leaders, and educators.

  10. We believe these goals can only be achieved with a rigorous degree of internal and external accountability.

  11. Empowering our community to effect change within our organization in turn empowers us to effect change more broadly together.

We are a queer, survivor, BIPOC, immigrant, and sex worker founded organization with the tremendous fortune and privilege to be in a position to act in pursuit of our mission and these values. As such, we understand the immensity of the responsibility we bear and challenges we are likely to face. We commit to rising to that responsibility with tenacity and humility in the face of necessary setbacks, involving allies and marginalized communities in a holistic team approach as we drive towards our goals.