AWARENESS
MEANS <<BEING AWARE, BEING INFORMED AND BEING SENSITIZED TO CERTAIN PROBLEMS >>. PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS ARE STRUCTURALLY FAVORED (PRIVILEGED) OR DISADVANTAGED (DISCRIMINATED AGAINST) IN OUR SOCIETY. AWARENESS IS DIRECTED AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND AIMS TO DISMANTLE STRUCTURES OF EXCLUSION AND INEQUALITY AND TO PROMOTE CONSENSUS-BASED ACTION.
THIS CAN ONLY SUCCEED IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EVENT IF ALL PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP AN ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE THAT COUNTERACTS DISCRIMINATION. THE AIM IS TO CREATE A SAFE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE AND PERSONAL BOUNDARIES ARE RESPECTED. THAT IS WHY THE FOLLOWING APPLIES AT OUR FORUM:
ONLY YES MEANS YES
SILENCE IS NOT CONSENT! BE AWARE THAT EVERYONE SETS THEIR OWN BOUNDARIES – THESE MUST BE OBSERVED WITHOUT IFS AND BUTS.
NO PLACE FOR
RACIST, SEXIST, ANTI-QUEER, ANTI-SEMITIC, ABLEIST, CLASSIST OR OTHER DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS
EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL ACCEPTED AND COMFORTABLE ON THE RAS FORUM. DISRESPECTFUL AND ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR IS NOT TOLERATED HERE.TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS
IF YOU HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT SOMEONE IS FEELING UNWELL, ASK THE PERSON CONCERNED OR LET US KNOW. YOU WILL RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM BY THEIR WARNING VESTS AND YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND US AT THE INFOPOINT DURING THE FORUM.
