APT’s Theory of Change.
Integrity Model & Theory of Oppression.
Our theory of change is straightforward. Individual Empowerment + Institutional Integrity + Human Centered Policies and Systems = All People Thriving.”
In the early 2000’s I was the Executive Director for the LGBTQ Community Center in Colorado Springs. Things were much different then. Our office had been burned down, there were bomb threats at PrideFest and every day there was a new victim of discrimination, harassment or violence. We needed a Victim Advocate on staff and it just so happened the statewide Anti-Violence program wanted to have a Victim Advocate in Colorado Springs. We created an innovative partnership to ensure LGBTQ people would get the support they needed. During the interview process for hiring the new Victim Advocate, the Executive team posed a question: What is the root cause of oppression against LGBTQ people? Many people answered with “fear and ignorance”, but I couldn’t help but think it was a little deeper than that. At the end of the interviews, I asked the team – What’s the answer? They said, “We don’t know – We just wanted to see what people would say.” That day marked a ten-year journey to develop what would become the Integrity Model & Theory of Oppression. I realized that if we could find the root cause of oppression against LGBTQ people, we would also find the root cause of racism, sexism, ableism, economic disparities and so much more. More importantly, I realized if we could find the root cause of oppression – We could end it.
– Ryan Acker, Founder, All People Thriving
Our Sociological Approach
All People Thriving (APT) developed and utilizes the Integrity Model & Theory of Oppression and the Human/Person-First Lens in order to research and analyze root causes of oppression and conflict, and empower individuals and institutions with integrity-based, human-centered solutions to reach their own unique highest and fullest potential.
Intervention U.S.A.
Beginning America’s Integrity Realignment
Intervention U.S.A. Beginning America’s Integrity Realignment is a practitioners’ handbook introducing readers to the Integrity Model and Theory of Oppression, while demonstrating its application. The book outlines key steps necessary to achieve systemic freedom from oppression in the United States of America, including dismantling the two-party system (and replacing it with nonpartisan elections), and introducing the Right to Capital, a comprehensive universal basic income for all people. Note: Some recommendations in Intervention U.S.A. have been updated in more recent editions of this work.
250 | Roadmap to Freedom
Building upon Intervention U.S.A. Beginning America’s Integrity Realignment, the book 250 | Roadmap to Freedom introduces a comprehensive and strategic set of human-centered, systemic policy reforms at the national level. We combine the Integrity Model and Human/Person-First Lens with the United States Constitution to ensure each policy is designed to secure individual freedom, while advancing civil and social equality and accessibility for all people.
