I’ve been absent a little while due to some health issues, but I’m feeling better and ready to share more thoughts & resources about navigating conflict. Some notes: I promised a social space to talk virtually about conflict and I can finally deliver!
Hi Luna, it's great to hear from you again! Your absence was definitely noticed, and I'm glad to hear you are feeling better. :)
Thank you for this guide. It lists many different things I have previously wished for, and a number of things I had never thought of! I always assumed a written narrative of my experience of harm had to take the form of either a diary entry or a public call-out, but didn't really consider the middle ground of sharing it with a few trusted individuals, and receiving some closure from having the story validated in that way.
It's also just such a relief to be told that it's okay to give up, so thank you for that! I spent years trying in vain to change a community I was part of, in hopes that the collective would get on board with efforts to prevent/address the type of harm that I'd experienced. I feel such dejection when I think about my "failure" (not actually my failure, but can feel like it), but this post offers so many ways to move forward and I love it. Thankful as always for your work. <3
Hi Luna, it's great to hear from you again! Your absence was definitely noticed, and I'm glad to hear you are feeling better. :)
Thank you for this guide. It lists many different things I have previously wished for, and a number of things I had never thought of! I always assumed a written narrative of my experience of harm had to take the form of either a diary entry or a public call-out, but didn't really consider the middle ground of sharing it with a few trusted individuals, and receiving some closure from having the story validated in that way.
It's also just such a relief to be told that it's okay to give up, so thank you for that! I spent years trying in vain to change a community I was part of, in hopes that the collective would get on board with efforts to prevent/address the type of harm that I'd experienced. I feel such dejection when I think about my "failure" (not actually my failure, but can feel like it), but this post offers so many ways to move forward and I love it. Thankful as always for your work. <3
-R