So…there’s one more important housekeeping item we should think about before we begin. What are our community values? How do we want to give and receive responses to one another?

My thinking may be too simplistsic (and I hope you will tell me so, if that’s the case) but, for me, four key values come to mind to guide our posts here:

⏤kindness
⏤inclusiveness
⏤respect
⏤civility

What else should be on the list? Are there things I am missing?

Photo Credit | Ironbound Community School: Newark (NJ) courtesy of Internet Archive.org

Because stories and identities are negotiated within communities, the re-writing and re-authoring of alternative stories can never be a solo endeavor.

CHENÉ SWART