Community Guidelines

If we are going to discuss complex issues in this shared digital space, we all have to agree on a few basic rules for engagement. The following community guidelines are in place to promote inclusive, constructive and socially accountable conversations.

• We challenge ideas; we never challenge the people behind the idea.
• We need everyone’s ideas to innovate and improve.
• We need the collective wisdom of all participants.
• We understand we will not always agree with each other; we will seek to accept our differences and understand one another.
• Take space, make space: share your perspective, and then make space for other voices to be heard, too. Recognize that we are all here to learn and share.
• We participate as socially accountable community members; we aim to ensure the safety of all contributors, as well as foster honest and constructive dialogue between people in this digital space.
• Above all, we agree to zero tolerance for those who promote violence against others on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation or different ability. Any comments that incite harm will be removed at the discretion of the moderators.