PRACTICE MINDFUL COMMUNICATION:
FOCUS ON AND SPEAK TO YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES.
ALL EXPERIENCES ARE VALID. 


When making comments and asking questions, be conscious of the shared environment, and be conscious of your biases and privileges. Try the “step up, step back” communication approach; if you are someone who typically speaks up, try listening. Likewise, if you tend to shy away from speaking up, we encourage you to share and ask. 

Community request: Please freely share your desired pronouns, both in-person and in online spaces. Don’t assume anyone’s gender identity, please use gender neutral pronouns when in doubt. 

We do not tolerate hateful or violent speech of any kind in our spaces. 

RESPECT BOUNDARIES:
KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES AND ASSUME BEST INTENTIONS WHEN OTHERS ARE STATING THEIR BOUNDARIES. 


One of our boundaries as an organization is that our events are not spaces for personal therapy. Please save your deeply personal work for times when you are properly held and supported. Witchcraft and magic are a supplement to, not a replacement for, deep therapeutic/medicinal/psychological work. 

Even if we are not physically present with each other (if participating online/digitally), boundaries are very important. Know your personal boundaries and bandwidth, and respect the boundaries of others. 

ON SAFETY: WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE STRIVE TO CREATE SAFETY THROUGH COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY. 

As event organizers we want to know if you feel uncomfortable at our events, or experience harm in any way. If anything happens you feel we should be aware of, please email: info@witchesconfluence with the subject line: SAFETY and we will do our best to support you from afar. We do not have social workers on staff, but we are able to receive community feedback and make adjustments to our processes and procedures to better prioritize safety moving forward. We cannot take responsibility for the actions of others, but we can always make adjustments to encourage healthy interactions and well held spaces. 

The best way to ensure your own safety at our events is to know your boundaries, express your needs and limits, and practice active self-care. 

CULTIVATE CURIOSITY: ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE SURPRISED AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

If this community isn’t meeting your expectations, take a moment to consider whether that is because you are not learning something, or because you are insistent on what you want to be learning. Experiential learning creates space for intuitive developments to shape reality. 

BEING ALIVE RIGHT NOW IS INTENSE. PRACTICE KINDNESS AND COMPASSION WITH  YOURSELF AND WITH OTHERS!