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<tt>Friends,</tt><tt><br>
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<p><tt>The Internet Freedom Festival is committed to providing a
safe and welcoming environment for participants of all
backgrounds - as an international, multidisciplinary gathering,
we encourage all participants to approach the event with open
and positive attitudes, and to engage constructively with others
at all times. </tt><br>
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<tt> In support of this, reviewing and updating the standing IFF
Code of Conduct (CoC) was </tt><tt><tt>a core priority for 2017 </tt>-
<b>we're excited to now share this updated IFF Code of Conduct
with the community!</b><b><br>
</b><b> </b><br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Code_of_Conduct">https://www.internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Code_of_Conduct</a></b><br>
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<tt><tt>The updated Code of Conduct is the product of significant
collaborative effort, driven by IFF Diversity Advisor </tt><tt><b><tt>Valerie
Aurora</tt></b> and Lead IFF Facilitator </tt><tt><tt><b>Gaba
Rodriguez</b>, and </tt></tt>includes the following changes
and improvements:<br>
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</tt><i><b><tt>+ Guide to Communication:</tt></b></i><br>
<tt>A companion resource to the CoC, with guidance on how
participants can support positive, constructive interaction during
sessions, workshops, and the IFF as a whole.<br>
<br>
<i><b>+ Incident Resp</b></i><b><i>onse Committee:</i><br>
</b></tt><tt><tt>A diverse group of 8 community members, </tt>trained
individually by the Diversity Advisor to handle incidents or
conflicts in a sensitive and professional manner.</tt><tt><br>
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<tt> <b><i>+ Updates to Policies:</i></b></tt><br>
<tt>This includes tweaks and improvements to stated policies on
harassment, participant privacy, and to the process for
confidentially reporting violations.</tt><tt><br>
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<p><tt>We also received a great deal of valuable input from the
community - in addition to Valeria and Gaba, we'd like to extend
a huge thank you <b>Gem Barrett</b> for her support building
the original CoC for the 2016 IFF, and to our Incident Response
Committee Members <b>Cheekay Cinco</b>, <b>Lindsay Beck</b>, <b>Mohamad
Najem</b>, <b>Moses Karanja</b>, <b>Sandy Ordóñez</b>, <b>Sergio
Araiza</b>, and <b>Trinh Nguyen</b>! </tt> </p>
<p><tt> </tt><tt><tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt>As we count on everyone
- from partner organizations to individuals - to do their
part to ensure positive experiences for all participants, we
highly encourage you all to read through the Code of Conduct</tt></tt><tt><tt>
before the festival.</tt></tt></tt></p>
<p><tt><tt>See you all soon in Valencia!<br>
</tt></tt></p>
<p><tt><tt>The IFF Team<br>
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