{"id":1083,"date":"2022-05-20T06:56:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T06:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sowhatelse.flywheelsites.com\/?page_id=1083"},"modified":"2025-01-03T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T21:04:11","slug":"our-mission-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sowhatelse.org\/staging\/1792\/about-us\/our-mission-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission &#038; Values"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l24gpsza-08e68213df8dc93f8ed488bb7810ebe6\">\n.avia-section.av-l24gpsza-08e68213df8dc93f8ed488bb7810ebe6{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sowhatelse.org\/staging\/1792\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kelly-sikkema-XX2WTbLr3r8-unsplash-scaled.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-l24gpsza-08e68213df8dc93f8ed488bb7810ebe6 main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  full-width-container header-banner avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-percent  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='percent'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1083'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l24h05f0-ec94a320cf3770db6b46ef81d1e9734f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l24h05f0-ec94a320cf3770db6b46ef81d1e9734f{\nheight:200px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l24h05f0-ec94a320cf3770db6b46ef81d1e9734f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-l24gr9mi-4eb2a554b310323745e0160a82e27769 sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'><div  class='flex_column av-l24gr9mi-4eb2a554b310323745e0160a82e27769 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-bottom av-animated-generic left-to-right  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l24gr09j-1752f0c3b30d11ad279b399c7f9f2179\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l24gr09j-1752f0c3b30d11ad279b399c7f9f2179 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l24gr09j-1752f0c3b30d11ad279b399c7f9f2179 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock banner-title av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<h1>Our Mission &amp; Values<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-84t0o-40b1d1c8a181faa252a7f92c1975e703 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-bottom  '     ><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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