Juliane, Thank you love Alan On 5 Apr 2019, at 5:34 pm, Juliane Martina Roell (Structure & Process) via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
Birgitt Williams via OSList schrieb am 02.04.19 um 18:49: > Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space, > out of a beautiful sea of possibilities, the one that I choose to put forward > for the theme of the WOSONOS 2019 is "Take Up Space. YOU are meant to be here > with your whole being". I always wonder who speaks, when I read or hear sentences like the above. It sounds so beautiful. Such a noble intention. But who is speaking? Who are YOU to tell "me" what I am "meant to be"? It sounds so nice. I wish I could belong. I wish I could trust that weird voice that is talking. But who is it? Shall I tell you about "taking up space" and the consequences for a non-passing transgender person in this world? Shall I tell you about all the times well-meaning privileged people have told me that "I am welcome" "I am meant to be here" "I shall bring my whole being" and the minute I showed up in the wrong way, addressed discrimination or priviledge or spoke with too much anger, I was attacked, assaulted or kicked out from the space? It sounds so nice: "I am meant to be there". But who are you? And who are you to make such a statement? Love, Juliane. -- Structure & Process | http://structureprocess.com | @strucproc Juliane Martina Röll | GSM: +49 178 4984743 _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org Past archives can be viewed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org Alan Halford & Associates Open Space Technology Aficionados Mediation and Conflict Transformation Facilitators www.alanhalford.com.au <http://www.alanhalford.com.au/> www.conflictcompany.com.au <http://www.conflictcompany.com.au/> 0421 475 252 skype: alanhalford
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