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A pledge for people who want to make a statement about making our industry better. (Tweaked to fit my being a woman, and UK English.)
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# I Pledge To Be Better | |
I want our industry to be a safe, welcoming and inclusive place for everyone, regardless of | |
their gender, abilities, skin colour, sexuality, age, class, neuro-diversity or any other attribute. | |
I acknowledge that this is not currently the case, and will do my best, to the extent that I can | |
afford to dedicate to this, to help make ours a better community and industry. | |
I value the diversity of perspectives that people with different backgrounds bring to the table. | |
I will call out exclusionary practices, behaviors or cultures and see how, together, we can perhaps | |
reshape them to be inclusive and supportive instead. | |
I will take some time to read up on, and educate myself about issues such as sexism in our industry. | |
I acknowledge the onus is on me to be decently informed before speaking out, calling out, or | |
participating in these discussions. | |
I will examine my own privileges, uncomfortable though it may be, and do my best to recognise them | |
going forward. | |
I will call out people for behaviors that I deem offensive or unacceptable, but I will do so | |
respectfully and with civility. I will strive to educate, not antagonise. | |
I acknowledge that I will make mistakes, and that I may offend someone unintentionally with my words | |
or actions. Rather than get defensive when called out on it, I will try my hardest to listen | |
respectfully, and learn more instead. | |
I will not attend events that do not have clear [Code of Conduct policies][1], like an anti-harassment | |
or diversity statement. I will also decline to attend events that feature, or permit to attend, any | |
known offender of sexual assault. | |
I pledge to be better, and set a positive example for others in our community, industry, and society. | |
[1]: http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/conference-policies/ |
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