Flow Movement Code of Conduct

This agreement outlines the rights and responsibilities of participants in any workshop, DIY, online, or in-person course, teacher training, or certification program (collectively, the “Services”) offered by Flow Movement LLC, a Colorado state limited liability company (collectively, "Flow Movement", "we", "our", or "us").

Please review the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement (the “Participant Agreement”) thoroughly as it outlines your rights and responsibilities and is a legally binding agreement between you (the “Participant”, “You”) and Flow Movement.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the terms set forth in the Participant Agreement, please contact info@flowmovement.net before participating in the Services.

What We’re Here For

Flow Movement offers courses, trainings, and community to help movement practitioners and educators grow and develop their movement abilities.

Our main goal is to help all of us become more confident movers, facilitators, teachers, and to help us navigate our fears and personal challenges in a safe and welcoming space for all the members of the community.

To do that, we all have to show up.

How We Will Show Up For Each Other

Creating a culture of safety and trust

  • We work together to create a space where everyone can ask for support, be their true ‘weird’ selves, make space for differences, and do not follow cancel culture.

  • We assume the best intentions and do our best to use ‘calling in’ practices (though see below when 'calling out’ may be needed).

Be inclusive and dedicate yourself to always learning how to be more inclusive.

  • We welcome humans of all gender expressions, sexualities, race, ability, socio-economic status, body size, physical appearance, neuro(a)typicality, or religion.

  • We all agree to do the work of addressing diversity, inclusion, and equity in this space.

Show up and share as much as you want.

  • We will not pressure sharing, vulnerability, or openness. The moderators are dedicated to complete transparency but do not expect it of members.

  • We want members to fully understand what we’re all about to empower them to make the best decisions when it comes to community leadership.

  • We hope this space allows you to feel comfortable to share, but it is not required.

Be respectful of others.

  • We value curiosity over judgment, consent, the use of consent and/or trigger warnings when necessary, respecting boundaries, no tone policing.

  • We encourage the use of nonviolent communication.

Listen, recognize, and change your actions based on mistakes

  • If a member notices their own disrespectful behavior or their hurtful actions/behavior are brought to their attention by an organizer or fellow member, they are expected to own up to their words and actions and apologize accordingly.

  • No one is perfect, and even well-intentioned people make mistakes. What matters is how you handle them and that you avoid repeating them in the future.

Flow Movement prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.

We will not act on complaints regarding:

  • ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’

  • Members who have set reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,” or “I’m not discussing this with you.” They are their boundaries and we respect them as such.

  • If a marginalized person refuses to explain or debate social justice concepts we will not force them.

  • Enforcing tone policing (ie if someone communicates in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial)

Unacceptable Behavior

This list does not cover every case. Every interaction is unique. Ensuring that your behavior does not have a negative impact is your responsibility. When a member does not take responsibility the potential consequences are listed below.

This list pertains to actions in AND outside of the community.

  • Harassment, including but not limited to:

  • Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion

  • Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment.

  • Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names

  • Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behavior in spaces where they’re not appropriate

  • Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop.

  • Threats of violence

  • Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm

  • Deliberate intimidation

  • Stalking or following

  • Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes

  • Sustained disruption of discussion

  • Unwelcome sexual attention

  • Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of intimacy with others

  • Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease

  • Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent except as necessary to protect other members or other vulnerable people from intentional abuse

  • Publication of non-harassing private communication

  • No TERFs

Reporting and Consequences

How to report:

  • Email Marlo at marlo@flowmovement.net or send her a direct message via IG or Slack.

  • Marlo will follow up via phone, email, or DM, whichever is most appropriate at the time

Consequences

If the organizers determine that a member is behaving disrespectfully, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion and exclusion from the event or community without warning or refund.

As organizers, we commit to resolving conflicts peacefully and in a way that is positive for the overall community. We can’t predict every situation, so if in our judgment asking someone to leave is the best course of action, we will do so. We don’t like playing bad cop so please don't put us in this position.

Organizer accountability

Admins aren’t perfect and we expect our community to evaluate and call us in when necessary. We will conduct a performance review and ask for community feedback at least once a year.

Privacy

No screenshotting (unless with explicit consent), sharing outside of the community, or malicious sharing of anything shared or said within the community is permissible.

Please be mindful that things you say here may at some point become public. Please exercise caution and refrain from sharing sensitive information that could harm you or others if it became public.

4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF FLOW MOVEMENT

As the provider of the Services, Flow Movement maintains the following rights and responsibilities:

  1. Flow Movement is responsible for providing the information and instruction necessary to participate in the Services;

  2. Flow Movement commits to maintaining the confidentiality of any participants adherent to Flow Movement’s Terms and Privacy Policy;

  3. The right to refuse service to anyone in violation of any policies, including anyone who poses a risk to themselves, Flow Movement staff, and other participants, or affiliates.

Credits and License

This code of conduct is based on Annalee Flower Horne’s Sample Slack Code of Conduct, which is in turn based on Geek Feminism’s Community Anti-Harassment Policy. We have adapted the Sample Slack Code of Conduct for our own use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.