Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas

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Bl3ss has agreed to present a preliminary statement of accountability in the very near future.

Our overall assessment right now is that we believe there is space for healing and reconciliation to happen in this situation. However the process is nowhere near finished.

Update 2, October 28 Several months ago, a longtime co-collaborator of Black trans experience, known as Bl3ss/Nsambu, had allegations of harm in an interpersonal relationship brought against her.

We are now at a good place internally with Bl3ss, and are in the process of reaching out to the individual who made the initial allegations to determine their level of interest in joining this or another accountability process/mediation.

1.4 In the meantime, our collaborator has stepped down from all admin and organizing duties related to our collective and public organizing.

Update 1, Aug. 1- We’ve begun an internal accountability process with our collaborator in response to allegations of harm and a call for accountability from the community. We are now two sessions in and feel tentatively hopeful about the shape this process might take.

Attn: accountability post A co-collaborator had allegations of harm made against them on social media, and we're gathering info from the folks involved to see how we should proceed with our own internal accountability processes. We encourage anyone with knowledge of this 1/2

1.3 Once we have received all pertinent info to our satisfaction, and provided accountability is needed and healing in this situation is possible or desired by the party alleging harm, we hope to reach out to that party and welcome them into the process.

1.2 We are currently sifting through perspectives on the conflict that have been shared with us and which are on social media while our collaborator prepares a statement describing their perspective on the events.

@bottledphlegm We can’t DM you for some reason. Can you DM us?

@AbolitionF_ists I would like to step forward