Most activist groups, not-for-profit organisations, community groups, workers’ cooperatives and social enterprises are committed to fighting against oppression and inequality in the wider world. But when it comes to how we organise internally, we often end up replicating all sorts of crap—classist, racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic and transphobic norms, as well as the individualistic, competition-based values of the wider systems we oppose.
But things are shifting! In the wake of BLM and #MeToo, social justice organisations have started acknowledging that the ends don’t always justify the means – and that we can’t keep organising in oppressive, top-down ways and expect a better world to emerge. RadHR helps groups to challenge these damaging practices and become more supportive, caring and anti-oppressive organisations.
Policies
A couple of example policies uploaded by the RadHR community…
Culture of care & accountability
We have high expectations of how we behave towards one another, and we hold each other accountable to those expectations. This policy has two sides: the culture of care that we are proactively building, and the culture of accountability that is reactively implemented. Includes: definitions of accountability and care, 3-step process for addressing harm and intro to transformative justice principles.
Keeping young people safe from abuse
This is a youth work cooperative safeguarding policy, accessible for a range of members, which avoids resorting to calling state authorities, unless the group's safeguarding contacts are not available. Designed by an organisation with a mix of paid and voluntary youth workers, some of whom are adults and some are young people, too. Safety is supported via collective dialogue between youth workers.
Guides
As well as policies, we have a growing set of guides and briefings…
Radical HR themes
Not sure what exactly you're looking for yet? Explore the types of policy themes that RadHR members have developed and shared in the library, to help clarify your search.
How to write a radical sickness policy
We are all unwell from time-to-time and will need to take periods of sick leave. For some of us who live with disabilities or long-term health conditions, we may require additional support from our organisations to help us in our roles.
Work-in-progress
We recently launched a community forum. We’ll also be looking to host events and introduce new ways of collaborating within the RadHR community…
We’re continuously updating and improving the site, so all feedback is much appreciated.