Acknowledge that precarity and scarcity are not the same thing.
Be publicly transparent about our privileges.
Call out ourselves more than we call out others.
Differentiate between disability, disadvantage, and impairment.
Empower others as much as we empower ourselves.
Fight our own internalized biases that contribute to hierarchies within the marginalized communities of which we belong.
Go beyond practices of tokenization, diversification, equality, and equity, and replace them with those of justice and liberation.
Heal ourselves by embracing self-care as self-work and by giving up self-care via consumption.
Improve our communication skills so that we are engaged listeners who do not turn the conversation to ourselves or offer advice unless asked for it.
Join others in community-building activities.
Know and communicate our limitations, boundaries, desires, and needs better than we have in the past.
Learn more than we teach.
Move away from personal and professional relationships that cause more harm than good.
No longer be ashamed to ask for help when we need it.
Opt out of “best practices” and opt in to “better practices.”
Provide requested assistance when we are able.
Question authority, elders, and practices, but be ready to learn from the answers.
Replace body-shaming, slut-shaming, and ableist words and phrasing with more precise language.
Stop telling people to ask for accessibility accommodations and provide access information from the start.
Tell our truth and allow it to exist alongside the truths of others.
Use correct pronouns and stop referring to them as “preferred.”
Value ourselves and the work we do as well as others and the work they do.
Witness others without judgement and provide acknowledgement if it’s desired.
XO the ones we love, but only with their consent.
Yield leadership roles and provide extra support (if wanted) to those with access to fewer resources.
Zero in on weaknesses in our personal accountability practices and work to upgrade them.
