The primary purpose of Artists for Social Responsibility is to provide a vehicle for raising the level of consciousness on the part of the artist and of the community. In our experience, the unifying statement seems to be the easiest way to accomplish this.
People begin to qualify what they mean to the point where the unifying nature disappears.
This has been a major revelation for me personally. That, as you add detail to certain types of concepts, they lose their focus. This seems particularly true of unifying concepts, and this is very difficult to hold on to as it seems completely contrary to the way we think. Yet, I would suggest that there are many such ideas - notably art. For example, examining the artwork on the basis of taking in the whole vs. examining square millimeters of the painting.