Agree, I think people should “be the change they want to see” more often, especially in community / field building.
One caveat: Understand reputational harm risks and manage them (don’t overestimate them either)
If your projects includes using the EA brand for outreach or other public comms, I’d recommend at least informing CEA or a local (full-time, paid) EA community builder, and asking if there’s anything you should consider.
In some cases, there might be downside risks to other EA orgs or EA as a whole, some of which you might overlook, especially if you’re new to EA community building or haven’t yet gotten a lot of feedback. If that’s the case, you can still do the project, maybe just not using the EA brand, or maybe test it small-scale first, with people who can give you honest feedback, before scaling up.
(this is just my personal opinion, informed by my time as EA Germany director until 2022, but not speaking for EA Germany or any other EA org)
Agree, I think people should “be the change they want to see” more often, especially in community / field building.
One caveat: Understand reputational harm risks and manage them (don’t overestimate them either)
If your projects includes using the EA brand for outreach or other public comms, I’d recommend at least informing CEA or a local (full-time, paid) EA community builder, and asking if there’s anything you should consider.
In some cases, there might be downside risks to other EA orgs or EA as a whole, some of which you might overlook, especially if you’re new to EA community building or haven’t yet gotten a lot of feedback. If that’s the case, you can still do the project, maybe just not using the EA brand, or maybe test it small-scale first, with people who can give you honest feedback, before scaling up.
(this is just my personal opinion, informed by my time as EA Germany director until 2022, but not speaking for EA Germany or any other EA org)