“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal...”  These words penned by Thomas Jefferson are a watershed, not only in American history, but world history. 

Yet slavery, America’s original sin, continued for a century.  Even after 600,000 men and women were sacrificed, this sin continued in the form of disenfranchisement, economic exploitation and lynching. It took another century before the law finally protected all Americans. 

Even now, true equality has not been achieved.  Disparities based on race and sex exist in all aspects of life.  It is argued that these disparities are the product of biological differences; however, few know that the Human Genome Project has proven this argument false regarding race, and continuing fluctuations in the gender gap suggest serious limitations to this argument regarding sex.  The disparities are the product of human failings and will eventually be corrected. 

The questions now are “How” and “How long.”  A war of horrendous cost ended slavery and a century of agitation and violent reprisals culminated in legal equality. 

No force of arms is now necessary and the continuing imposition of law is probably counter-productive. This final phase is purely a battle of hearts and minds and can only be won through dialogue and education.  

Americans are a fundamentally moral people.  Wrongs cannot stand, but progress is often slow and the cost of change inordinately high.  The goal of Created Equal is to shift America’s attitude about race and gender toward a more egalitarian view by revealing prejudices and their impact on individuals and society.  We create innovative education tools that teach about the subtleties of bias and their effects. 

Additionally, as a nonprofit, all of the proceeds from the sale of these products go toward mitigating some of those negative effects.

Currently, our focus is The Oasis Project, an effort to build self sustaining shelters for women and their children escaping domestic violence.

These shelters will not only provide a safe harbor, but alleviate the psychological and economic pressures that lead battered women back into the control of violent partners.