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Goals for Chapter 15
Conversations about sexual violence and its intersection with racial violence can be particularly triggering. Please approach this meeting with the assumption that at least one person in the room is a survivor of sexual violence (statistics), and commit to following these best practices:
Commit to following the group agreements.
Avoid generalized statements; speak about your own experiences rather than applying your experience to another person
Be mindful of triggers. Consider discussing how to tell the difference between being triggered (a physiological trauma response) and being uncomfortable with the content.
Check in with each other’s wellbeing throughout the meeting, not just at the beginning.
Go over the group agreements, then discuss the following questions:
Wrap up: Depending on time, you may ask people to put these in chat
“Pinkwashing (LGBT)”, Wikipedia
“At the Dark End of the Street” review by the Zinn Project
“Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2021” by the HRC
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