Mission

Plugged In connects individuals and cultivates minds by providing the people of East Palo Alto and surrounding areas with the opportunity to produce, create, express, and connect using technology.

Core Values

Connectedness
- Understand the big picture and your relationship to the moving parts
- Leveraging all knowledge, resources, needs and energy
- 360 degree participation with all internal and external stakeholders

Creatively experiential
- Embrace change
- Invested in the process and outcome
- Being innovative in how we approach the creation of personal experiences using new technology, methodology, and collaboration

Adventurous
- Expose, introduce, encourage, inspire, and stretch
- Celebrate risk-taking and learning from mistakes
- Forge connections with new ideas, new environments and new communities

Fun
- Creating experiences that are anticipated by everyone, everyday
- Time flies
- Delighted in our work; Stakeholders delighted

Free
- Allowing for the reinvention of self
- Safe and free to explore new ideas, experiment, make mistakes, and learn from them
- Freedom to dream without boundaries for self & community

Respectful
- Value community members, staff and volunteers with unique talents, abilities, and viewpoints; celebrate contributions of all
- Listen to and embrace diverse perspectives, values and interests

Core Competencies

Attitude
Communication
Desire to Innovate
Recognizing Others
Building Relationships
Management Skills
Leadership Skills
Desire to Learn