Community Agreements

Agreements for PULSE meetings 

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1. Treat everyone with respect. Be kind and courteous with your words and be thoughtful about intentions.  

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2. Confidentiality and Privacy. What’s shared here stays here, but ideas learned can  be expressed outside. 

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3. Absolutely no racism, homophobia, ableism, misogyny, transphobia or other  stigmatizing language or behavior will be tolerated. We will not police your words when telling your own story however. 

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4. Do not use this network to seek/sell drugs or to fish for participants for any outside program.  

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5. Act with integrity - Do what you say you will do or give prompt notice if/when you  cannot. Don’t leave us to worry.  

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6. Take Space/Make Space - Try to be concise and let others speak as well. Raise  hands and don’t speak over each other. Prioritize everyone having a chance to  speak. 

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7. Assume positive intent from others. Assume everyone is doing their best and ask  for clarification if you need it. 

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8. Take a timeout, break, or table a topic when things get contentious or are going in  circles. 

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9. Start and end the meeting on time. Have an agenda, note-taker, and moderator  before every meeting (names by Friday 5:00 p.m., agenda by Saturday). Have a  goal, intention, or next steps at the end of every meeting (for the next  week/meeting) - Identifying deliverables by person, expectation, and deadline. Additional points to consider:   

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Momentum is critical for drug policy change.

We need to keep moving in order to  make a meaningful impact. Thus if you want your voice to matter in this space,  you need to show up consistently.  

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Check your ego at the door.

Consider others’ points of view.

 

PULSE belongs to no individual.

No one person speaks for us all.  

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People who work in law enforcement or news media

are not welcome in our  spaces unless specifically invited.