#publichealthpledge — Public Fediverse posts

Remember: if you're a leftist organization hosting a conference without a robust health and safety policy, you're doing it wrong, and those of us who know this should speak out every time we come across organizations falling short.
#COVID #PublicHealthPledge
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Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealthPledge #safety #EventBadging #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealthPledge #safety #EventBadging #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealthPledge #safety #EventBadging #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

Annnnd the air quality monitoring array has been deployed at #MatrixConf! Can you guess which room the BarCamp is starting in? 😂

Tomorrow will be the real test of the venue's ventilation, as we're expecting about 4x the attendees that we have today.

We take the #HealthAndSafety of our community seriously and are requiring masks indoors this year. The data we collect will help us calibrate our approach with this venue when we return!

#PHPledge #PublicHealthPledge #AQI #COVID #OpenSource #FOSS

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealthPledge #safety #EventBadging #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

Come and work with me! I'm involved with @freetechproject and we're relaunching our Tea & Tech online workshops where we tackle social isolation by safely connecting people to collectively learn how to use technology in ways that save time, money, and waste. But we need a publicist! Info here: https://cloud.freetechproject.com/s/2zMBbA3Y6pPNFya #CovidIsNotOver #OnlineLearning #savings #safety #science #security #sharing #sustainability #freelance #freelancing #England #FediHire #publicist #publicity #marketing #NotForProfit #NonProfit #SocialEnterprise #VoluntarySector #CharitableSector #PublicHealthPledge #PHP

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealthPledge #safety #EventBadging #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

What's that sound? 👂

It's the engines of the #PublicHealthPledge event badging application process spooling back up!

We've thrilled to have started receiving applications from events that are going through the @chaoss DEI event badging process and will be reviewing applications on a weekly basis starting today!

#HealthAndSafety #COVID #DEI #IAQ #OpenSource #FOSS #Events #PHPledge

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealthPledge #safety #EventBadging #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

I'm proud to announce that the @chaoss Event DEI Badging Initiative now officially includes Health and Safety considerations! 🥳

Learn more here: https://chaoss.community/diversity-and-inclusion-badging/

Here's where it started: https://github.com/badging/event-diversity-and-inclusion/issues/226

#HealthAndSafety #Events #DEI #OpenSource #PublicHealth #COVID #PublicHealthPledge

Bravo to @xoxo for the excellent Health & Safety policy they've set for their upcoming event this August in Portland, Oregon!

Learn more about the event here: https://2024.xoxofest.com/
Their Health & Safety policy: https://xoxofest.com/guide/covid/

#PublicHealthPledge #COVID #HealthAndSafety #Events

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealthPledge #safety #EventBadging #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

Thank you all for the excellent feedback you've shared!

One small but important update today: I've replaced the Google Forms with Cryptpad Forms.

#PublicHealthPledge

Addressing indoor air quality saves lives and helps us achieve at work, in school, and in self-governance.

Brain function declines by 15% as CO2 levels hit 945ppm, and by 50% at 1400ppm.

Have you ever measured CO2 at your desk or a contentious City Council meeting? What you find might surprise you!

These scientists recommend mandating clean air in public buildings, with 800ppm as the upper limit. That's good policy: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0677

#IAQ #COVID #HealthAndSafety #PublicHealthPledge

We're drafting the next version of our Event Badging Standard, a tool for helping us think clearly about event Health & Safety policies.

We are seeking to:
* add considerations we missed
* provide a more granular assessment within each category

What would you change in our badging standard? Let us know in replies or by opening an issue on GitHub.

The standard: https://publichealthpledge.com/badging
Our repository: https://github.com/phpledge/badging/issues

#PublicHealthPledge #HealthAndSafety #Events

Shout out to @kiwipycon for their consistently excellent approach to Health & Safety.

We're grateful to the organizing team for their care and dedication, and are thrilled to recognize them as a signatory to the Public Health Pledge.

You can find their policy here: https://kiwipycon.nz/safety/health-and-safety

And you can join them this August 23-25!

#PublicHealthPledge #HealthAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Today is #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay. According to the CDC, ~7% of Americans have experienced long COVID – that's ~17.6 million people. There are more people in the US with long COVID than there are with red hair.

However, many event organizers think there are so few people impacted that they don't need to implement Health & Safety measures.

If you consider the cycle of inaccessibility, you have to wonder... how much of that is self-fulfilling prophecy?

#HealthAndSafety #COVID #PublicHealthPledge

If you're a speaker at an event. Please consider asking for these policies.

The duty of care is as much on you.

If you aren't sure how or what to ask for take a look at @phpledge .

Point the organisers at it.

We aren't bullying you or badgering you. All that we ask is some consideration of the more vulnerable members of your community.

I don't think asking organisers, even volunteer organisers to consider that duty of care is too much to ask.

#PublicHealthPledge

As a community or an event organiser you have a duty of care to your community, to your attendees.

Even if you are a volunteer. I've no time for the argument of "well it's too much to expect of a volunteer. " I've helped to run fencing competitions, unpaid as a volunteer. I had a duty of care then. You have it now if you are organising a community space.

If you can't acknowledge that responsibility you have no business running an event.

#PublicHealthPledge

We are in maintenance mode because the universe has thoroughly piled on the volunteers behind the #PublicHealthPledge project – but we're still here!

We continue to advise event and community organizers who are willing to put in the work to run safer and more inclusive events.

Please, keep advocating for #HealthAndSafety precautions, tagging us in posts, and sending people our way! We are always glad to help.

Culture change is slow, but together anything is possible.

#COVID #PHPledge