Hi ONAP Community,
As a follow up to Heather’s email on Fri, we have retained a Psychologist with extensive experience in trauma support, to be a resource for the attendees of Wed’s ONAP call. Dr. Anthony Dragonette is an expert at providing in the moment crisis support including ~ - Actively listening to your experience of trauma from the Zoom bombing as well as how it may connect to or trigger past trauma. - Provide information about psychological symptoms of trauma. - Empower callers with grounding tools. - Provide concrete recommendations about what callers can do to address and cope with their response to the trauma. - Provide recommendations to seek further counseling if on-going support might be beneficial. Dr. Dragonette can be reached confidentially in both of the following ways, and will respond the same day if contacted by 5pm and the next day if contacted after 5pm. He can arrange either a Zoom video or phone meeting. - Call 707-596-8887 - Email [email protected] Let me know if you have any questions. Take care, Rory On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 6:39 AM Lefevre, Catherine < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear ONAP Community, > > > > Yesterday’s TSC meeting came under attack by outsiders highlighting the > troubling times we live in. > > Our community has always been about respectful collaboration, sharing our > knowledge, expertise, and insights to evolve this technology for which we > share a passion. > > When we come under attack, we are left feeling shell shocked trying to > process what happened. > > > > Rest assured this behavior is not tolerated and never will be in this > community. The Linux Foundation and the ONAP community has always stood for > equality and fairness in all things. That will never change. > > I would like to commend Kenny and Heather for their quick actions to shut > down the hateful vitriol, which has no place here. > > I am working actively with the Linux Foundation to determine the root > cause of how this happened and to ensure it never happens again. > > Additionally, my leadership including AT&T’s CTO, Andre Fuetsch, is aware > and actively engaged in this matter. > > > > We are all stronger standing together as a community, living and upholding > the common values we share. > > > > A reminder, the Linux Foundation is providing a place for open dialogue > free of judgement, and access to resources to help process and deal with > the events of yesterday. > > Our actions and our words must speak even louder than ever to combat this > racial injustice. > > > > With kindness and respect, > > Catherine Lefèvre > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of > *Heather > Kirksey > *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2020 11:33 PM > *To:* onap-tsc <[email protected]>; Jim Zemlin < > [email protected]>; Arpit Joshipura <[email protected]>; > Rory Noguchi <[email protected]>; Owen Skeete < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [onap-tsc] Violence on the ONAP TSC > > > > ONAP Community, > > We experienced an act of violence earlier today. Our TSC meeting was > interrupted with violent racial and homophobic slurs. Our community was > violated with bigory and an intent to harm. Our values and our ability to > feel safe when we have strong and respectful debates was damaged. And we > were harmed in the context of this year in which much of how we live and > how we interact has been shattered. It was not ok. > > Many of us might be feeling embarrassment, shame, horror, and disbelief. > These are reasonable and appropriate reactions: we had thought ourselves > safe from this sort of violence because we have been striving towards > creating an inclusive and non-violent community. > > On the back-end Linux Foundation IT is taking steps to protect all of us > from these intrusions, but in the meantime we understand that many of you > may need resources to process what happened. We have created a page in the > ONAP wiki: https://wiki.onap.org/x/Qv8LBQ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/wiki.onap.org/x/Qv8LBQ__;!!BhdT!2HNMa5OYprzyy_SphOt45f0S7cUwBTyS5QMkUSRadOmBr_NjwyJHoCXf_jcRedoNmmYa45Y$> > This is a place for everyone to share their raw reactions and to ask > comfort from the community. > > Additionally, the LF is making available trauma-informed counseling > resources available. We are still working through some of the logistics, > and I will follow up tomorrow, but Jim Zemlin allocated money this morning > to ensure that every single person in our community can connect with a > professional in the wake of this terrifying experience. > > I want to also express a hard truth that is not at all meant to reduce > anyone’s reaction to this violence today: many of us on this call were not > the target of these horrific slurs. Those of us who were and have been for > most of our lives: we live in this violence. We generally don’t share it > because it’s targeted and often we might feel non-professional in letting > you know what’s going on and how it affects us. I myself personally hope > that the eventual outcome of this event is an increase in empathy in now > knowing what many of our community deal with more regularly. > > This was an outside attack, and it horrified us because it is the opposite > of what we believe and how we act. We saw violence today, and it was a > violence against our core values. We will not stand for it, and we will > eventually be stronger for fighting it. Because we are a community, we will > insist in making our space safe. > > We did not deserve this. What we do deserve is help and comfort and > healing. I once again want to urge every one of you to take advantage of > the resources we have at hand. > > Respectfully and lovingly, > > Heather > > > > -- > > *Heather Kirksey* > > VP, Ecosystem and Community > > LF Networking > > Mobile: +1.512.917.7938 > > Email/Google Talk: [email protected] > > IRC: HKirksey > > > > > -- Rory Noguchi Sr. HR Manager, The Linux Foundation e: [email protected] m: 415-793-9421 @RoryNoguchi -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#7151): https://lists.onap.org/g/onap-tsc/message/7151 Mute This Topic: https://lists.onap.org/mt/77250649/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.onap.org/g/onap-tsc/leave/2743226/1412191262/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
