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Comment on Skateboarding and Neuroscience: What’s the Link? by Our New Session Kicks Off in Central Athens, Boosting Inclusion and Mental Health - Free Movement

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:24:32 +0000

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Comment on Skateboarding, allyship and mental health – A call to action by Ruby Mateja

Ruby Mateja — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:15:42 +0000

Thanks to Mandi Parkes for making me aware of the issues surrounding the term ‘calling out’. I agree that in many cases, the term ‘calling in’ would be more appropriate – as well as the appropriate action to take.

‘If the ultimate goal is to get someone to change their problematic behavior, then we need to be intentional and strategic about how we encourage people to do that…Much like calling out, calling in aims to get the person to change their problematic behavior. The primary difference between calling in and calling out is that calling in is done with a little more compassion and patience.’

‘Calling people out allows us to hold people – particularly those who have privilege over us – accountable for their oppressive actions. It’s important that marginalized folks are allowed to do that, and it’s important that people who do oppressive things are held accountable.’

https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/guide-to-calling-in/

Comment on Skateboarding, allyship and mental health – A call to action by Rhianon

Rhianon — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:47:37 +0000

Really great summary of Pushing Boarders and some of the key discussions and points that were brought up there. A lot of these discussions are being had for the first time on a bigger scale, particularly the mental health stuff, and it’s great to see that so many people such as yourselves are dedicated to find solutions. These are big topics, and will take time and persistence to make progress… a little like skateboarding ; )

We also want to help however we can with the Goodpush platform and creating/compiling support resources, and to help people to offer/find support. We have a few ideas on how we can do this better, such as the ability for all registered users to add skills (ie. design, web development, counselling) to their profile, and to also indicate their capacity to volunteer (ie. mentoring, remote support, short-term placement, etc). We will be in touch as we are closer to making these features a reality to get your input on what would be most useful! Thanks again for this great blog and for mentioning the Goodpush Forum!