Our Mission at Salt + Light
Salt + Light transforms the lives of our Central California neighbors at risk of or experiencing homelessness by fostering community and belonging. We offer dignified housing, essential case management services, purposeful work opportunities, and outreach programs rooted in dignity and radical hospitality.
We envision a world where everyone has a place to call home and is welcomed into a community that values kinship, radical love, compassion, and where they are reminded of their worth.
Salt + Light Works is a 501(c)3 designated public benefit organization
founded in 2019 and located in Tulare County, California
Guiding Values
Dignity
Dignity reminds a person of their value and agency. The purpose of our work is to actively create opportunities for the restoration of hope and healing through the lens of dignity.
Radical Hospitality
Hospitality is the art of cultivating environments where people feel welcomed and seen rather than rescued or entertained. At Salt + Light, our posture is “there you are” rather than “here we are.”
Compassion + Love
We connect with people holistically, human-to-human, heart-to-heart, and shoulder-to-shoulder to see one another through the lens of compassion, love, and grace.
Abundance
We inspire people to give out of abundance and from their “first fruits,” treating our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness with the same generosity we would give to our friends and family.
Belonging
The single greatest cause of homelessness is a profound, catastrophic loss of family. We believe that when we create relationships through community, we can recreate the sense of belonging and family that is vital to people healing from trauma.
Forged Family
Forged family is created through the cultivation of a community that comes beside people who feel unseen or known. When family is lost, the forged family steps in .
Strategy for Change
We center our neighbors experiencing homelessness and shift mainstream cultural perceptions by:
Inviting the community at large into a relational lifestyle of service
Creating a space for their growth and healing
Encouraging others to give out of an abundance
Creating educational learning experiences
Increasing their visibility
Building the necessary organizational capacity and infrastructure
Creating a tailor-made, sustainable community based on proven models