In this episode I reflect on community accountability, drawing from my personal accounts of having conversations around safety, accountability, ethics and what I personally define as "embodying integrity" (the definition varies for each person).
I'm not proposing I have it all figured out, surely I don't. However, actively avoiding difficult conversations about people who are a risk to the public, for fear of causing drama/backlash, or risking our reputation or whatever, leads to a social climate where pretty much anything goes as long as it's challenging to directly confront. And I propose that operating like this isn't functional or safe, and at the very least, conversations around ethics and accountability need to be normalized.
Subtopics that arise:
- Anger isn't the enemy
- "Healers" who harm
- When people deny ownership of their actions
- Normalizing uncomfortable conversations
- How do we learn about this stuff?
- Keeping vulnerable people safe
- Popping the spiritual bypass bubble, being real
Song in the intro- "Light of the Mountain" by Brandon Tilt
I acknowledge that I learn, grow and heal on the unceded ancestral lands of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm , the Katzie, the Stó:lō and the Tseil-Watuth First Nations. These lands were never abandoned nor surrendered by those with the ancestral rights to steward and protect these lands.
I honour and respect the elders, the children, the land stewards, the land protectors, the medicine keepers, and the men and women of all Indigenous nations.
Huy ch q’u (thank you) to those who support the indigenous communities and actively decolonize their minds and spirits.
Aho Mitakuye Oyasin, All my relations.
