Public Meeting Room at Blanchet Farm

Blanchet House’s mission and core values embody our commitment to serving anyone in need with dignity and without discrimination or judgment. We recognize that our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately impacted by socio-economic injustice.

We recognize that this injustice can lead to housing and food insecurity, creating the need for our programs. These BHH services, then, must exemplify our commitment to equity, ensuring that those most affected by an injustice have the necessary resources to live freely and fairly. BHH’s founding ideals prioritize each individual’s needs to meet all people we serve where they are.

Our commitment to advancing equity and justice in our community further inspires the BHH staff, volunteers, and board of directors to:

• Be intentional in our work toward equity and inclusion.
• Work toward a deeper understanding of the historical, systemic, and contemporary structures and actions of racism and other forms of discrimination, prejudice, and bias.
• Achieve a great understanding of and work toward correcting our own implicit biases.
• Continually identify inequities, eliminate barriers, and innovate our practices to better serve our clients’ experiences and needs.
• Staying engaged in the pursuit of equity and consistently seeking to repair and improve our understanding, practices, and services where we fall short.