Mission Statement The Battered Women and Children’s Memorial Garden is an alliance of people desiring an end to violence. We form a beacon of hope to honor the disempowered, remember those lost, and inspire justice through education, advocacy, service and courage.

Vision Statement The Battered Women and Children’s Memorial Garden creates a world in which each child, woman, and man values one another equally.
 
Guiding Principles We choose these fundamental principles for guiding our thinking, conduct and practices as an organization.

• Remain loyal to the disempowered
• Lead the discussion
• Ask questions
• Challenge gendered assumptions
• Expose and oppose oppression
• Apply accountability
• Honor diversity
• Practice responsible environmental stewardship
• Speak truth to power
• Make privilege visible
• Eradicate misogyny