Maya, I’m so sorry that things have made you feel this way. I know you’re not alone in this. As Catherine said earlier, either of us (and the rest of the community health team) are here to talk and try to support.
I agree it’s very important that no one should get away with mistreating others because of their status, money, etc. One of the concerns you raise related to this is an accusation that Kathy Forth made. When Kathy raised concerns related to EA, I investigated all the cases where she gave me enough information to do so. In one case, her information allowed me to confirm that a person had acted badly, and to keep them out of EA Global.
At one point we arranged for an independent third party attorney who specialized in workplace sexual harassment claims to investigate a different accusation that Kathy made. After interviewing Kathy, the accused person, and some other people who had been nearby at the time, the investigator concluded that the evidence did not support Kathy’s claim about what had happened. I don’t think Kathy intended to misrepresent anything, but I think her interpretation of what happened was different than what most people’s would have been.
I do want people to know that a lack of visible action doesn’t mean that no one looked into a situation or took it seriously. More here about why there may not be much visible action.
I think these problems are really hard to deal with fairly and well. I’m sure my team doesn’t always have the balance right, but you can read more about our approach here.
Cultural change also can’t all be handled by CEA or any one centralized source. We want to support organizers, employers, online spaces, and other EA spaces in building a healthy culture. To anyone who’s an organizer or other person shaping the culture of an EA space, we’re here to talk if you’d like to.
This is a really good comment IMO, especially the final paragraph which I’m reproducing to avoid it getting lost in a comment which mostly focuses elsewhere.
Cultural change also can’t all be handled by CEA or any one centralized source. We want to support organizers, employers, online spaces, and other EA spaces in building a healthy culture. To anyone who’s an organizer or other person shaping the culture of an EA space, we’re here to talk if you’d like to.
Maya, I’m so sorry that things have made you feel this way. I know you’re not alone in this. As Catherine said earlier, either of us (and the rest of the community health team) are here to talk and try to support.
I agree it’s very important that no one should get away with mistreating others because of their status, money, etc. One of the concerns you raise related to this is an accusation that Kathy Forth made. When Kathy raised concerns related to EA, I investigated all the cases where she gave me enough information to do so. In one case, her information allowed me to confirm that a person had acted badly, and to keep them out of EA Global.
At one point we arranged for an independent third party attorney who specialized in workplace sexual harassment claims to investigate a different accusation that Kathy made. After interviewing Kathy, the accused person, and some other people who had been nearby at the time, the investigator concluded that the evidence did not support Kathy’s claim about what had happened. I don’t think Kathy intended to misrepresent anything, but I think her interpretation of what happened was different than what most people’s would have been.
I do want people to know that a lack of visible action doesn’t mean that no one looked into a situation or took it seriously. More here about why there may not be much visible action.
I think these problems are really hard to deal with fairly and well. I’m sure my team doesn’t always have the balance right, but you can read more about our approach here.
Cultural change also can’t all be handled by CEA or any one centralized source. We want to support organizers, employers, online spaces, and other EA spaces in building a healthy culture. To anyone who’s an organizer or other person shaping the culture of an EA space, we’re here to talk if you’d like to.
This is a really good comment IMO, especially the final paragraph which I’m reproducing to avoid it getting lost in a comment which mostly focuses elsewhere.