Dear all, On 20/10/2019 18:04, Joe Abley wrote:
Some context: I do not personally feel like I am in an under-represented group of any kind. Despite being a serial immigrant in an entirely technical sense, I have never felt systemically under-represented, oppressed or threatened in my life. I think this makes me fortunate, since oppression is surely not something to wish for, but also quite ignorant, which is nothing to be proud of.
Thanks for sharing this insight - it shows lots of self-awareness, which is the first step towards change!
2. Perhaps the kind of training that is imagined for the code of conduct team could be made available, in some form, for everybody. I would certainly appreciate being educated on the myriad problems faced by others that I am not aware of. Awareness and understanding are surely good bridges towards fostering a safer and more kind environment for everybody.
I'm glad you asked! Here are the pointers to the training / education that is available already: Ally Skills workshops ===================== Open Source style 1. https://frameshiftconsulting.com/ally-skills-workshop/ (with slides that are possible to download!) (and video!) 2. https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/unbiasing-raise-awareness/steps/give-yo... 3. https://kendraalbert.com/Kendra%20Ally%20Skills%20Presentation%2010-1.pdf "Closed source" training: https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ & https://otter.technology/blog/2019/05/23/why-train-multiple-code-of-conduct-... Ally Skills articles for self-study: ==================================== https://medium.com/@fox/fundamentals-of-effective-allyship-468bd0afe89b https://trishagee.github.io/post/what_can_men_do/ https://medium.com/@rafi0t/on-trying-to-be-better-men-227d2aad6670 https://medium.com/@hadrad1000/how-do-i-ally-being-an-ally-to-women-in-techn... https://medium.com/girls-who-code/hey-men-just-wanting-more-women-in-tech-do... & many more resources: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Ladies_Night#Allies Empathy in Tech: ================ "The Little Guide to Empathetic Technical Leadership" http://empathetictechnicalleader.com FREE to read online: https://leanpub.com/littleguide/read // https://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2013/08/non-violent-communication-for-agi... https://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2013/10/non-judgmental-communication-for-... Words That Work in Business -- A Practical Guide to Effective Communication in the Workplace by Ike Lasater, with Julie Stiles http://nonviolentcommunication.com/store/words-that-work-business-p-119.html Non-Violent Communication for Fun, Profit, and Self Defense http://osfeels.com/speakers#isaac-z.-schlueter Compassionate Communities https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3685/presentations/compassionate-communi... How NVC can help in the Open Source Software “business” : http://blog.izs.me/post/112818868228/letter-to-marshall-rosenberg I can also recommend the more general NVC (non-violent communication) (online) courses: "Social Change: Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" http://nvctraining.com/media/_2019/ML-RM/social-change/index.html "Responding to the Call of Our Times: A Leadership Coaching Program" http://nvctraining.com/media/_2019/MK/responding/index.html "Nonviolent Facilitation as a Path to the Future " http://nvctraining.com/media/_2019/MK/nonviolent-facilitation/index.html & finally, wonderful, if tangential, read about other communities and how they are dealing with being accountable , by using " restorative justice" & "transformative justice " https://crimethinc.com/2013/04/17/accounting-for-ourselves-breaking-the-impa... (also as pdf: https://cloudfront.crimethinc.com/pdfs/accounting-for-ourselves_print.pdf ) Vesna