The callout has been publicised anonymously. The reason for that is the atmosphere in ACU where people fear the reaction for open criticism. The assumption that it is very few people is wrong. if it were so few people the discussion wouldn't be so big.
It was a wise choice not to go into individual cases. Apparently it would not be your choice. Going into individual cases online tends to spiral out of control. The expectation is that more details and possibly individual cases will be discussed the 6th.
ACU has stated they object to a public meeting. This is part of the lack of accountability ACU wants to take. There is no reason to respect this. How the meeting will go will depend highly on the behaviour of all people attending. Hopefully this meeting will be a fresh start for ACU where people will work on all the present problems.
The people who are untouchable because of their positions of power aren't only criticized for outdated routines, but also for being part of many of the other problems described. The fact that you call on people to become part of the problem by gaining seniority shows how you miss the point. Also people in a position of seniority should be open for criticism. The nuance that not everybody in a position of power had malicious intent to end up in that position is misread by you as saying they are willingless victims of a process.
There is no unwillingness to master skills by ACU-volunteers there is active discouragement of this by the people who have those skills. This is done by both not answering training requests and over complicating and frequently changing things. The fact that you can't imagine how there can be secrecy around the ordering of drinks points out how bad the situation in ACU is that even that problem has developed.
The problems mentioned are experienced by lots of people. There are frequent conversations by people experiencing these problems. These conversations are impossible in ACU however. Amongst the verbal abuse is name calling and cursing at people. The fact that problems are denied because they are to serious is startling. Again: discussing individual cases online tends to spiral out of control.
The public debate about ACU might be perceived as more aggressive than overshouting one another in meetings. The alternative seems to be accepting ACU will no longer be a place for activists and activist groups.
If you want a list of racist slurs, there are plenty online. I am not writing one here.
Strange that you see an anti-discrimination statement as "zelfspot". Some people tried to reduce discrimination by having an anti-discriminatory message clearly visible in ACU. Sadly that has been sabotaged by other volunteers. I agree it's rather strange this was not mentioned in the first post.
The fact that there are some rare cases where ACU doesn't tolerate harassment makes it OK that the normal situation is that harassment is tolerated in ACU? There are no statistics on harassment in ACU, but any friday or saturday you will see a lot of it in ACU. This is widely known around Utrecht.
About the disbelieve over harassment and rape in ACU: Again: discussing individual cases online tends to spiral out of control, especially in these subjects.
It is sad to hear that finances are more important than physical and emotional abuse.
It is sad that ACU facilitates a lot of the wrongs we fight against in mainstream society. If you want more details educate yourself, talk to people from Utrecht, come to the meeting the 6th. A large part of activism is coming to places where you are not invited to right the wrongs, lets do that within the movement too! Lets fight not fight the messengers, but the sources of the problems in ACU.
The callout has been
The callout has been publicised anonymously. The reason for that is the atmosphere in ACU where people fear the reaction for open criticism. The assumption that it is very few people is wrong. if it were so few people the discussion wouldn't be so big.
It was a wise choice not to go into individual cases. Apparently it would not be your choice. Going into individual cases online tends to spiral out of control. The expectation is that more details and possibly individual cases will be discussed the 6th.
ACU has stated they object to a public meeting. This is part of the lack of accountability ACU wants to take. There is no reason to respect this. How the meeting will go will depend highly on the behaviour of all people attending. Hopefully this meeting will be a fresh start for ACU where people will work on all the present problems.
The people who are untouchable because of their positions of power aren't only criticized for outdated routines, but also for being part of many of the other problems described. The fact that you call on people to become part of the problem by gaining seniority shows how you miss the point. Also people in a position of seniority should be open for criticism. The nuance that not everybody in a position of power had malicious intent to end up in that position is misread by you as saying they are willingless victims of a process.
There is no unwillingness to master skills by ACU-volunteers there is active discouragement of this by the people who have those skills. This is done by both not answering training requests and over complicating and frequently changing things. The fact that you can't imagine how there can be secrecy around the ordering of drinks points out how bad the situation in ACU is that even that problem has developed.
The problems mentioned are experienced by lots of people. There are frequent conversations by people experiencing these problems. These conversations are impossible in ACU however. Amongst the verbal abuse is name calling and cursing at people. The fact that problems are denied because they are to serious is startling. Again: discussing individual cases online tends to spiral out of control.
The public debate about ACU might be perceived as more aggressive than overshouting one another in meetings. The alternative seems to be accepting ACU will no longer be a place for activists and activist groups.
If you want a list of racist slurs, there are plenty online. I am not writing one here.
Strange that you see an anti-discrimination statement as "zelfspot". Some people tried to reduce discrimination by having an anti-discriminatory message clearly visible in ACU. Sadly that has been sabotaged by other volunteers. I agree it's rather strange this was not mentioned in the first post.
The fact that there are some rare cases where ACU doesn't tolerate harassment makes it OK that the normal situation is that harassment is tolerated in ACU? There are no statistics on harassment in ACU, but any friday or saturday you will see a lot of it in ACU. This is widely known around Utrecht.
About the disbelieve over harassment and rape in ACU: Again: discussing individual cases online tends to spiral out of control, especially in these subjects.
It is sad to hear that finances are more important than physical and emotional abuse.
It is sad that ACU facilitates a lot of the wrongs we fight against in mainstream society. If you want more details educate yourself, talk to people from Utrecht, come to the meeting the 6th. A large part of activism is coming to places where you are not invited to right the wrongs, lets do that within the movement too! Lets fight not fight the messengers, but the sources of the problems in ACU.