important to foster a culture of respect, safety and consent. Portland Assembly events are intended to have a welcoming, engaging, and supportive environment free of oppressive actions, behaviors, and language. Participants and attendees are asked to consider how their language and behavior impacts others in attendance. We ask that you follow these guidelines. If you do not you may be asked to leave or not to attend future Portland Assembly events. • Respect people’s physical and emotional boundaries. • Always get explicit verbal consent before touching someone, taking their photo, or crossing other personal boundaries. • Be responsible for your actions, and be aware that they may have an effect on others regardless of your original intent. • Oppressive speech and behaviors are not welcome. This includes speech or actions that are racist, sexist, classist, ableist, homophobic, antagonistic to transgender or gender non-conforming people, ageist, sizeist, or any other form of discrimination. • In group discussions, oppressive speech can sometimes be interrupted by simply saying “ouch,” which will let a facilitator know to address the comment. • If you realize that something you’ve said is oppressive you may interject with “oops” to indicate that you’re aware of your mistake and would like to address it. • Feel free to take a break and leave the space should you need to do so. Support people will be available. • If you feel that someone has violated these policies, please speak to a moderator, emotional support or security person. • If an event participant states to a support person, security person, or event organizer that their abuser is present, the survivor will not be asked to elaborate on their personal story. • If a person requests that someone else be excluded from the event because they have been abused by that person, that person will be asked to leave the event space (while our security and support person will also maintain an awareness of power dynamics, outlined below). Our organization will follow up with the people involved, if necessary, in a space that is separate from the event space. Please be aware of the dynamics of power that exist in the everyday world, which may have an impact on who feels comfortable or uncomfortable participating in an event or activity. Be aware that “discomfort” has sometimes been used by people from dominant social groups to shut down discussions. For example: In a discussion about race, a white person may feel discomfort when asked to explore something they said which was hurtful. We invite people to sit with this kind of discomfort and attempt to learn from it, and to take on a listening role instead of a defensive role. This type of discomfort is not the same as feeling “unsafe,” and our event facilitators will not respond to this in the same way as a threat to safety.
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