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The code of conduct has been broken.

Now what?

Some things I've learned from being a community organizer

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co-organizer

PyLadies Berlin

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mentor

FrauenLoop

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developer relations

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@discombobulateme@fosstodon.org

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Paloma Oliveira

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Safeguard welfare.

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Coraline Ada Ehmke, creator of the Contributor Covenant

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  • Clear rules of what the code of conduct is about

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  • What happens when these rules are broken

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The Contributor Covenant:

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As a leader you are responsible for the safe, fair, and transparent enforcement of your community’s code of conduct

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1. Responsibility is not yours alone, but of the community.

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2. Having a clear process for dealing with the situation, including having a committee.

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Emma Irwin article about Mozilla’s Community Participation Guidelines

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3. Build together a code that serves your community.

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4. Seek help from people with different perspectives, more experience or more capable of dealing with such issues.

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ALWAYS respect anonymity of those involved.

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Elliot Vahey

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5. Consider approaches to restorative justice as opposed to traditional punitive justice.

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  • Responsibility is of the community
  • Transparent process
  • Build together
  • Seek help, respect the anonymity
  • Assume the best of people, protect those who feel hurt

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Restorative Justice approach to dealing with conflicts emphasizes accountability and reconciliation of the offender with the larger community.

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  • Assume people’s best intentions
  • Privilege how the victim felt, explain why this hurts the code of conduct
  • Leave space for a reply, but also ask for time to heal
  • Offer self-education material

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How to apply that knowledge to our communities… realistically?

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  • Michel Focault,

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

  • Kimberlé Crenshaw,

On Intersectionality: Essential Writings

  • Michelle Maiese,

Restorative Justice

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4. Barnard Center for Research on Women,

Introduction to Restorative Justice

What is Transformative Justice?

Modern Roots of Transformative Justice

5. Ann Russo,

10 Strategies for Cultivating Community Accountability

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THANK YOU

https://tinyurl.com/broken-coc

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discombobulate-dev@proton.me