· We’ve launched alternative community-controlled housing projects in East San José, by responsibly stewarding the land and taking properties off the speculative market, to care for living systems and our health.

· There is a robust and thriving preservation ecosystem in East San José including strong partnerships

· We’ve passed policies that fight displacement

· Tenants are organized

· We’ve shifted culture and public narrative through popular education to establish community-owned properties as a proven solution

· Community and partner education, including environmental justice and land stewardship

· Within our Collective, we’ve shifted our understanding and see housing as a basic human right

· We have clarity on who is a part of the SOMOS Collective, and what it means to belong and tied to our governance

· We have clear decision-making structures and processes in SOMOS and we utilize them for decision-making

· We continue exploring different electoral governance strategies and our organizational infrastructure needs

· Our Collective is represented in external decision-making spaces on our issues

· We have strong political education spaces and partnerships that center community to take part in governance

· We prioritize and practice our leadership model across the organization with consistency and rigor

· Build deep networks of relationships with our base in East San José

· We have a robust youth leadership base that is active in integrated into our model

· We have a thriving community learning institute (UPM). Our Collective (including, staff, community, and our Board) can teach and learn what we want together and are engaged in ongoing learning

· We have the tools, training, information, and practices to thrive in our different leadership roles

· People feel a sense of belonging and that SOMOS is their political home

· Our Family Resource Centers are sites for the community-driven reclamation and redistribution of resources, where communities have access to the resources they need

· We have a unifying vision for our FRC’s that embodies our unique approach

· We have a vision of economic justice as SOMOS and we foster and steward a collaborative of economic justice partners in alignment with that vision

· We’ve shifted the local landscape through worker-led advocacy to expand access to just, dignified, healthy, sustainable work and resources for excluded workers in East San José

· We’ve shifted culture and public narrative through popular education to advance our economic justice points of unity

· East San José is a cooperative hub with an ecosystem that supports and sustains different kinds of cooperatives.

· We have a shared culture at SOMOS and reclaim old and cultivate new SOMOS traditions to celebrate and honor our values

· There is alignment between our administrative teams and our programmatic teams

· SOMOS’ structures, practices and culture supports and sustains our SOMOS model and facilitates our collective wellbeing and impact

· We center our most vulnerable folks in our policies and practices and continue uprooting white supremacy

· Our Collective members are centered and we’ve removed barriers to access to work and leadership opportunities through or within SOMOS

· We use our power and influence as a convener to steward a vision that is community centered and promotes the common good. We are a leader in collaboratives that are committed to a thriving Mayfair

· We implement a community-centric resource development strategy that influences funding institutions and individuals to create deeper alignment with our vision