Jon L

Space Ranger

[Jon L @jlombud]

Qui tacet consentire videtur, ubi loqui debuit ac potuit.

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HAPPY SPACE RANGER DAY #OmbudsDay

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@IntlOmbudsAssoc @ABA_Ombuds I loved his speech—especially the call for action for DEI work. Thanks to Chuck.

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@OmbudsBlog @UofCalifornia @UCBerkeley @UCLA @UCIrvine @UCRiverside @ucsantabarbara @UCSanDiego @ucdavis @ucmerced @UCSF I’m very curious also. Hoping that the President’s Office ombuds program will further ratify and entrench the OO model in use at UC schools. Could rebuff any future attempts to change ombuds practices at the school level? Hopefully it’ll set the standard.

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One thing I’ve learned from hosting race-based caucuses: You know the grief articles that tell us not to say “tell me what I can do for you” because it creates burden? White people asking BIPOC to tell them what to do creates added burden on those who are already carrying enough.

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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

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How many of us get negative feedback or hear about neg. outcomes resulting from our work? Do our SOPs and ad hoc nature shield us from confronting failures? Lack of structural accountability in our profession is a problem. We think we’re superheroes b/c we rarely hear otherwise.

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@OmbudsBlog @ABA_Ombuds @IntlOmbudsAssoc (I recommend reading the whole thread)

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Have more than you show, speak less than you know.

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@OmbudsBlog A long nap with two puppies?

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Police chief: All of our officers have received de-escalation training

Training: Online, takes 30 minutes if you read everything but you can spam the “Next Page” button and be done with it in 7 minutes

Police chief hearing about another case of brutality:

[Jon L @jlombud]

Guess I should have applied sooner.

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Adding the BA Test Kitchen to the list of places where I’d love to work as the ombud.

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The statement “I am not a racist” is fiction. When the system is racist (which it is), and one is automatically a part of the system just by existing, then the only 3 options are ACTIVELY FOR racism, COMPLICITLY FOR racism, or AGAINST racism. We have to choose how we participate.

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@crystaldbrakke Yup emailed.

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@IntlOmbudsAssoc, is IOA working on releasing a statement of some kind? I’ve noticed associations doing that and was wondering if anything was in the works?

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@crystaldbrakke @DrIbram So much yes. I wish for the day when we can acknowledge our roles in a racist system instead of wasting our breath fictionally defending its non-existence because our ego can’t handle the fact that we’ve been participating in racism since before we were born.

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@crystaldbrakke @DrIbram “What’s the problem with being “not racist”? It is a claim that signifies neutrality: “I am not a racist, but neither am I aggressively against racism.” But there is no neutrality in the racism struggle. The opposite of “racist” isn’t “not racist.” It is “antiracist.”

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Ombuds TofD: There are times when our duty to “advocate for fair process” outweighs our concern for “perceived conflicts of interest.” Right now is one of those times. #BlackLivesMatter