Flagship partner organizations have a collaboration with the Cameron Institute that involves mutually-beneficial engagement opportunities across multiple strands of engagement. Flagship partners are equity centered and deeply rooted the community, and have a demonstrated track-record of positive partnership within the East Bay community and across one or more Cal Athletics' teams.

If you'd like to be connected to our below partners, reach out to cameroninstitute@berkeley.edu or make an appointment with us here. 

Guiding Principles

• Student & Community-centered: We start by listening and learning. Those closest to the issue are the best experts of their environment and solutions are within communities. Through service, we aim for reciprocity: positive outcomes for students and community

• We recognize sport as a platform for community building & a bridge for authentic university-community collaboration: We mobilize the unique leadership capacity of Cal Student Athletes, use this platform for good, and recognize sport as a bridge and common language. We seek out projects where this has particular meaning, value, and relevance 

• Center equity & social justice: we actively learn about, reflect on, and work to disrupt intentional place and policy-based inequities. We engage with partners and put energy toward projects that focus on access to opportunity, change the odds, remove barriers & build pathways to opportunity

• The process is as important as the outcome: We learn, plan, do, and reflect. We ask “why” and learn about the root cause of an issue. We plan with community partners to understand how we can contribute. We show up with intentionality and reliability. We reflect, improve, and ask “what’s next”. 

• Power is present & comes from within: Power is a present or potential resource in every person and community. We work to recognize the power within communities  and act upon the power or potential power that we already have as a source of positive impact.

• We build on existing assets: Before coming in with new ideas, we take time to understand what is working, where there are “bright spots”, and how we can work to support and build on what exists. 

• We recognize change takes time, and we work to develop deep, sustainable and mutually beneficial partnerships: We show-up as intentional partners rather than visitors, working to build mutually beneficial, sustained and sustainable partnerships where we can provide value-add and work toward positive community progress over time