The current page about our Awareness Team is here.
The xHain Awareness Team exists to offer people a contact point to process what they have experienced, to resolve conflicts, and to create a safer and more pleasant atmosphere for our hack+makespace.
If you have suggestions for inclusivity improvements, personal or confidential concerns, needs, worries or problems in the context of xHain, problems with individual persons or groups, or if you would like to point out problematic structures or bad experiences you had at xHain, please contact the following people in our Matrix chat. We are motivated to solve any such issues and all information will be kept strictly confidential.
As of 2023-07-10
| Matrix name | pronouns | languages |
|---|---|---|
| @pajowu:chaos.jetzt | (es/they) | german/english |
Hundreds of people go through xHain. We all have different needs. We are all different and unique in our actions, feelings, and thoughts.
Considerate behavior towards one another and respecting personal boundaries should be a matter of course, but there can sometimes be situations in which people feel degraded or discriminated against through words or actions. Sexism, racism, homophobia and transphobia, ableism and other forms of discrimination are not OK, even if they happen unintentionally.
Awareness work means encouraging people to pay attention to themselves and others - especially those who deviate from the prevailing norms of a social environment in their appearance or actions. This is intended to reduce the risk of exceeding personal boundaries (including violence).
An important aspect of awareness is the recognition that the person concerned is the one who decides if their own boundaries have been crossed. It is often the case in our broader society that the majority of society decides who is discriminated against and who is not. At xHain we create a counterpoint to this to help give voice to those who are otherwise not heard or noticed.
We support those affected to process situations they have experienced. If requested we can also communicate with other persons involved. The goal is to create understanding and awareness of how and why one's behavior violated the boundaries of another person, even if it was completely unintentional. We don't moralize: we oppose the encroaching behavior, not the people. It is explicitly not about guilt or about judging someone as a "perpetrator" or "victim", but about responsibility for future actions.
The awareness team is particularly available for you if:
We want to be there for you, so if you have any problems please contact us. We usually ask you first what happened and whether you already have a concrete idea of what we can do for you. Depending on what you want, we can for example:
It's okay if you don't want or can't talk about something. Any reaction, whether sadness, anger, desperation, speechlessness, ... is okay. Whether you want us to speak to a person who has crossed one of your boundaries is always your choice - we will never force it on you.
Disclaimer: The awareness team consists of people who are sensitized to awareness and want to help you as best they can. Please forgive us if we are not able to give you the level of support you would like. We explicitly point out that we have no therapeutic training.