<Provocation> How do we create a brave environment where people feel they can speak up? We cannot guarantee each other’s safety, so how do we nurture bravery? And I’m thinking of creating communities in general, and specifically on this site. How can we get the voices we often talk *about* to participate? I’m thinking of those new to #OpenEducation, those who haven’t felt comfortable sharing their thoughts publicly, those who haven’t been asked what they think, those who have experienced systemic racism, have been excluded because of who they are, those whose starting point has been below zero, those who…
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When you want to start something, how do you do it? Who do you bring in? How do you structure your participation? How do you get others to join too? How do you convey that you desperately want everyone to try this — to feel welcome. You make it transparent — you make it clear how things started and why. You make it as open as possible For those at risk of negative backlash, you make anonymity an option You pair people together to support each other You do the work of openness and inclusion while building the thing itself…
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