our Community
agreements
There is a benefit to both safe and brave spaces; they go in tandem. Safe spaces are important for bridge building by bringing in and holding community. Brave spaces ask us to tap in deeper, and ask folks to model vulnerability and be in authentic expression with a trusted community.
We need both spaces to sustain our advocacy efforts, rest, and do our own healing as leaders. Keosha shares that brave spaces are about challenging others' expectations of how they want us to show up and rejecting societal expectations and assumptions of how to lead and make change.
Safer and braver spaces are an active commitment. We can’t assume they are always safe; we have to actively create these conditions, check-in, and make adjustments. Stephanie suggests using the language saf-er and brav-er to speak to this ongoing work.
Guidelines to
safer & braver spaces
Our Official community
agreements & guidelines
You’ve just stumbled upon our Community Guidelines, a labour of love, packed with our dreams and efforts to craft spaces that reflect our collective vision for an inclusive, fair world. If you're feeling inspired to adopt them, that's fantastic – it means we're on the right track!
But here’s the thing – these guidelines are more than just words on a page. They're the result of countless hours, heartfelt discussions, and, most importantly, the lived experiences of folks who’ve navigated the choppy waters of exclusion and bias. They are deeply intertwined with our mission at Group Project Initiatives.
So, before you hit 'copy-paste,' pause for a moment. Consider this: the real magic happens not when we simply share resources but when we share intentions, dreams, and the journey. If our guidelines resonate with you, it’s a signal that we’re aligned in purpose and perhaps, destined to collaborate.
Instead of perpetuating a culture where the work and creativity of BIPOC communities are freely taken without acknowledgment or compensation, we invite you to join hands with us. Let’s dialogue, dream, and design together.
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Resist the 21st Century urge to copy and paste our labour, instead please consider the following instead.
By choosing collaboration over appropriation, you’re not just respecting the origins of these guidelines; you’re amplifying the very principles they stand for. Together, we can model a world where solidarity, respect, and mutual support are the cornerstones of every community initiative.
Here are a couple ways you can help break that societal toxic culture of taking the work of BIPOC without compensation, acknowledgement and/or permission.
At Minimum:
Please do not use anything on our website to profit, including raising money, without our consent. Contact us
Always credit our work!
Donate what you can here.
Truly Embody the Values of Our Work By…
Book our founder as a speaker, panelist, moderator at your events
Hiring our consulting arm to help you integrate these values. We offer rapid equity checks, fractional DEI services and more at Good Trouble Studios