Mission
THE RAFFAELLA FOUNDATION AIMS TO FOSTER DIVERSITY IN URBAN SOCIETIES AND AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS. TO DO SO, WE WILL SUPPORT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH AND OPERATE PLATFORMS THAT DISSEMINATE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES ON INFORMATION ON COMBATTING LOCAL AND GLOBAL INEQUITIES. THE FOUNDATION WILL IDENTIFY WAYS TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT RURAL AND URBAN SOCIETIES TO EMBRACE THE USE OF DIVERSE IDEAS AND PRACTICES, DIVERSE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, DIVERSE LANGUAGES, CULTURES AND ETHNIC GROUPS, DIVERSE GENDER IDENTITIES, AND DIVERSE BEHAVIORS AND NORMS, TO ENHANCE EQUITY, SOLIDARITY, AND WELL-BEING. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE FOUNDATION WILL IDENTIFY AND FACILITATE RELEVANT NEW AND INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG PLATFORMS, NETWORKS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN SOCIETIES CAPACITY TO EMBRACE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MAJOR LOCAL AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF URBAN AND RURAL SOCIETIES.