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Respecting

Voice

DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY-INFORMED VISION:
Speaking Our Truth in Safer Spaces.
HEARING VOICE. 
Responding to Voice.
WITH RESPECT.

Voices Heard.

Voices Respected.

A Safer Space,
Respectful of Voice,
and Where Voice Feels Respected.

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A series of multicolor butterflies representing inclusion.
A series of multicolor butterflies representing inclusion.
A series of multicolor butterflies representing inclusion.

Collaboration:

Collage of images from first 3 safety circles, including location logos and focal items on quilt..

In 2022,  the Respecting Voice Collaborative was established,

as a team of women who responded to a land-based call to address women's safety.

Collage of images from first 3 safety circles, including location logos and focal items on quilt.
Collage of images from first 3 safety circles, including location logos and focal items on quilt.
Collage of images from first 3 safety circles, including location logos and focal items on quilt.

Click for information about the outcomes of the safety circles we conducted, 1st at the University of Minnesota - Crookston, then at Studio 110, and finally at Cedar Lakes.

Collage of images from first 3 safety circles, including location logos and focal items on quilt.
A series of multicolor butterflies representing inclusion.
A series of multicolor butterflies representing inclusion.
A series of multicolor butterflies representing inclusion.

Monitoring SAFETY

Speaking truth can be unnerving.

So we monitor emotions and respect.

As best we can.

Knowing it means something a bit different to each of us.

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...Exploring...What We Mean by "Respect"...

Is This What You Mean?

(Let's start with an obvious one.)

"I respect what you have to say."

 

(How about this one?)

"I'm interested in what you have to say."

 

(Or this one?)

"I support your voice."

How About This?

"I value your truth."
"I accept your truth."
"I can handle your truth."

Or This?

"You respect what I have to say."

"You are interested in what I have to say."

"You support my voice."

"You value my truth."

“You accept my truth.”

“You can handle my truth.”

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"I amplify your voice." "You amplify my voice."

"We raise each other up."

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Is this what we mean?

  Signs of Respect   

Respect Received and Respect Offered,

In Exchange

Photo of respect questions considering both give and take - 6 questions each.
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