Welcome to Dreamfish!

Dreamfish is intended to create an open world of work, for everyone, everywhere:

• for the world's women to work, move out of poverty, reenter a workforce or work in open source,
• for a young genius to stretch wide,
• for elders to contribute experience,
• for the homeless to gain confidence,
• for professionals to learn new creative skills,
• for investors to contribute to what matters,
• for young workers to gain meaningful work experience,
• for people with disabilities and challenges to break down barriers,
• for a person in recovery from anything to make a living
• for people anywhere in the world to work together and share in the rewards.
   

This is our world of work.

We welcome every person as an agent of change for the world. We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, color of skin, ethnicity, nationality, ability, class, income level, religion, culture, subculture, and political opinion.  We welcome youth and elders, mothers, activists, professionals, artists, engineers, bloggers, crafters, academics, musicians, photographers, readers, writers, gardeners, ordinary people, extraordinary people, and everyone in between.

we welcome you, exactly as you are. The Dreamfish Humanifesto says:

You may speak Urdu, Spanish, English or Chinese. You may identify as a woman or a man, some blend of both, or neither. You may wear a baby sling, hijab, a kippah, a suit, leather, piercings, a pentacle, a political badge, a rainbow, a rosary, tattoos, or something we can only dream of. We welcome people who want to change the world, people who want to do business, people who want to keep in touch, people who want to make great art….

We believe it's possible for people of all languages, cultures, viewpoints and beliefs to come together and to learn from each other.

We believe accessibility for people with disabilities is a priority, not an afterthought. We think neurodiversity adds value for all of us, and we work to include everyone in the Dreamfish network, by eliminating accessibility and language barriers in our software and our work practices. We are learning as we go: we may not be able to provide for multiple languages or better accessibility as quickly as we would like – but we are working on it!

We welcome Internet beginners and Internet gurus, and we strive to make Dreamfish accessible and relevant to all, no matter whether you connect to the Internet using a dial-up modem, an Internet cafe, a mobile phone, or anything else.

As we work with our differences, we innovate and transform. Wondrous results can come when people work and learn together with their differences, listening and paying attention to each other. We do not debate about ‘who's right’ or engage in positional arguments. Instead, working in Dreamfish is listening… really listening. It is saying, “Yes, and” instead of saying “Yes, but”. This kind of listening and sharing lets us collaborate to create new ideas and solutions. We go beyond our own ideas, and discover what is really possible. As we work collaboratively, we emerge with what is possible in our work, in ourselves, and in the world.

We may have different needs, and value different things. I may value food and shelter for my kids. You may value the deep satisfaction of putting money to work.  As we work, we each listen to what we truly value and then can create shared value for all of us through our projects. Our work and payment model is designed for diversity, and supports different ways to give and receive value.

We are building Dreamfish because we want a workplace where everyone can thrive. We want Dreamfish for everyone, everywhere. In Dreamfish, we are not bosses and workers. We are not in or out of the workforce. We are not demographic groups or economic classes. We are not producers and consumers. We're people working with people.

We welcome you to join us.

We welcome your feedback on Dreamfish accessibility.

Attribution

As a practice of diversity, this text is an evolving remix, with much thanks to Dreamwidth for allowing us to repurpose text in their Diversity Statement. This text is usable under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-SA license.

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Last updated 658 days ago by Dan Bashaw