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Dear Maha, this post is so important! You have taken our many thoughts and ideas and teased out where we can and do go wrong even with our best intentions at the fore. These final sentences on “open online spaces” are the very truths we often avoid and struggle to acknowledge once we’re ‘on the air’ or the event is in progress. Particularly when we are the ones in power, we tend to save these reflections for later to “unpack” after, to put it crudely, ‘the damage has been done.’
I deeply appreciate that you recognize how you navigate these varying and shifting positions of centeredness and marginality – the pathways, hurdles, gateways towards and away from power – it’s all so complex and unceasing. But if we are going to collaborate, work towards common goals, and actually get things done – we have to be all over comprehending these complexities and naming the beasts we face.
I have more thoughts which may just have to become a blog post. ? Thank you for this booster pack of actionable ideas. The more we delve into these aspects, the excuses we have for not addressing these dynamics become fewer and fewer.
With so much love and admiration,
Sherri