On behalf of the leadership team and board of GWWC, I wanted to respond to this forum post that has affected a lot of people across the community, including our own team.
Firstly, Fran, thank you for your courage in writing this. We’re deeply sorry for what you experienced, the rape, the sexual harassment that followed, and the painful, drawn-out process of seeking accountability. You deserved far better, and we’re grateful you shared this so honestly. We hope you can take some time to rest and heal after all of this.
As an organization working in the same ecosystem, we want to say: we are not immune to the inequalities and harm that exist in the world simply because we’re trying to reduce suffering. If anything, our missions make paying attention to these inequalities more important, not less. Thank you for flagging the aspects of our ecosystem’s culture that we need to be extra mindful of.
We want to build an organization and wider community where harassment is as unlikely as possible to happen, and where people are genuinely supported if it does. At GWWC, we and our boards are actively working on strengthening our HR capacity as we grow and have safeguarding, whistleblowing and harassment policies in place. This tragic event and your courageous post only underline the importance of doing this well.
On behalf of the leadership team and board of GWWC, I wanted to respond to this forum post that has affected a lot of people across the community, including our own team.
Firstly, Fran, thank you for your courage in writing this. We’re deeply sorry for what you experienced, the rape, the sexual harassment that followed, and the painful, drawn-out process of seeking accountability. You deserved far better, and we’re grateful you shared this so honestly. We hope you can take some time to rest and heal after all of this.
As an organization working in the same ecosystem, we want to say: we are not immune to the inequalities and harm that exist in the world simply because we’re trying to reduce suffering. If anything, our missions make paying attention to these inequalities more important, not less. Thank you for flagging the aspects of our ecosystem’s culture that we need to be extra mindful of.
We want to build an organization and wider community where harassment is as unlikely as possible to happen, and where people are genuinely supported if it does. At GWWC, we and our boards are actively working on strengthening our HR capacity as we grow and have safeguarding, whistleblowing and harassment policies in place. This tragic event and your courageous post only underline the importance of doing this well.
On behalf of GWWC,
Thank you again, Fran.
-James (COO @ GWWC)