
Mission
Venture Turtle empowers community leaders, small business owners, and non-profits by providing the coaching, resources, and information they need to thrive. We foster mutually beneficial partnerships that strengthen communities, families, and the environment, guided by the philosophy of Ubuntu, "I am because we are."
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Ubuntu Principles
Practice compassion, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, reconciliation, and grace.
Value the life of every human being.
Recognize that every individual’s behavior affects every other individual, because we are all united.
Place a high premium on dignity, humaneness, and respect.
Shift confrontation to mediation.
Maintain positive attitudes and shared concerns.
Establish harmony and dignity while maintaining fair restitution, rather than retributive justice.
Favor reconciliation over estrangement.
Promote mutual understanding and learning rather than shaming and punishing.
Use face-to-face facilitation for understanding and resolution, rather than debate or victory won by the most powerful.
Sustain civil communication and conduct.
“At Nelson Mandela’s memorial, President Barack Obama spoke about Ubuntu, saying, “There is a word in South Africa – Ubuntu – a word that captures Mandela’s greatest gift: his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that are invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us”