Thread by @TaylorLakhryst

04/28: I spoke to the @cityofwinnipeg supporting the SPIRIT of the "Corporate Advertising Policy.”

A randy night at the senior's centre has more teeth than this #policy.

It took #Winnipeg months to put "We prefer #kindness" in print.

This is long. A 🧵 …
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Our elected officials are tone deaf to harm corporate #Winnipeg enables. Context is key to understanding and interrupting my presentation proved that.

Including #wpg22 for candidates. Please address this in your campaign.

#wpgpoli #mbpoli 02/1🧵

Report: clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/ViewPdf.a…
@ShawnNason moved, @KevinKleinwpg seconded.

Policy: clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/ViewPdf.a…

I didn't get to finish my presentation. I’ll share my notes here.

(Could have finished in ~9 mins, in full, with all relevant context 🤷🏼‍♀️)

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 03/1🧵

Preamble 1: From how I interpret the docs, my concerns include:

1) Ambiguous definitions (i.e. "reputable" is not defined w/ metrics to regulate it.)
2) Lacking visible #inclusion of department(s) responsible for upholding #Winnipeg's EDI values.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 04/1🧵

Preamble 2: My concerns also include:

3) Egregious assessment period. (At minimum, 5 yrs? Hopefully-not-my-problem yrs, more like it.)
4) Misc. failed responsibilities, minimal accountabilities and other loopholes to protect bigots & stakeholders.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 05/1🧵

Spectator feedback:

1) “I hated how (Madam Speaker @DeviSharmaWpg) kept interrupting. The city is allowing this behaviour to happen. It’s disgusting."

2) Frustrating to see you get talked over. It’s still incredible to bring that to council."

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 06/1🧵

3) "Being cutoff: Colonial structures fail more than Indigenous Ppl.”

Colonialism oppresses minorities. If MY privilege kept getting shushed, who is NOT getting heard at all? If #Winnipeg owned its harm & "got it," I wouldn't need to get detailed.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 07/1🧵

Presentation (Twitterfied to make threads):

One of @cityofwinnipeg's crown jewels is the @CMHR_News. Outside is a statue of Gandhi, one of many controversies about the museum since its start.

But, I'm speaking about advertising, not the museum.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 08/1🧵

Gandhi often gets credited w/ a quote. "The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."

The specifics of that quote & its attribution are up for debate - I don't care because it makes sense.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 09/1🧵

I care to ask, "Why do you allow this society to get measured so poorly, time & time again?"

I support the principle of this #policy. I oppose its phrasing. Correct me if I'm wrong - all I interpret from it is, "Use your best judgement & be kind."

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 10/1🧵

If this policy got any softer, it would try to sell MyPillows. It mirrors standards that already exist & costs nothing. Where is the accountability? What are the actionables? If doing what is responsible is free, why hasn't this city been doing it?

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 11/1🧵

#Winnipeg is a @PrideatWorkCAN partner with something resembling an EDI committee. @cityofwinnipeg insists career applicants declare a status: Women, Indigenous People, Visible Minorities & Persons w/ a Disability.

Imagine this: If I applied, ...

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 12/1🧵

I would say "Woman." #Trans women are women, but is that the representation you want? Would I get the support from discrimination when necessary like your preferred groups?

Does the @cityofwinnipeg plan on representing #gender-diverse individuals?

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 13/1🧵

I'm not going to pretend that I know #Winnipeg's processes. Is a visible DEI process not shown since @cityofwinnipeg can not see DEI beyond what's popular?

I say DEI because the "I" better means "#inclusion," not "initiative."

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 14/1🧵

Before more: 3.2.g: "Be offered in bilingual format." May 5 is #MMIWG2S: National Day of Awareness & Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & 2-Spirit People. Is there a reason there is no mandate to include an Indigenous language?

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 15/1🧵

It's not my space to discuss the details, and it might not even be a want, for all I know. But if it is, don't you agree that it's an #opportunity and a responsibility?

@cityofwinnipeg, why are you willing to get measured so poorly if you don't?

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 16/1🧵

This #policy addresses tangible measures about what gets said & where. There is no emphasis on whom, aside from a foggy endorsement of organizations with an ethical CSR.

That is where this "Corporate Advertising Policy" fails the @cityofwinnipeg.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 17/1🧵

This #policy requires judgement & ambiguous processes to handle uncomfortable & critical decisions. These decisions affect the #quality of living of #Winnipeg's citizens and visitors.

Opinion & negotiation are NOT parts of #diversity & #inclusion.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 18/1🧵

There is no such "We will be inclusive until it gets uncomfortable for us" thing. That is tolerance!

#Inclusion is a state of getting valued, #respected, and supported. It means creating an environment that accepts each individual's differences.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 19/1🧵

It means to embrace strengths. Provide #opportunities for all #people to achieve their full potential.

Imagine if:
A vulnerable person says, "What you're doing or allowing is harmful."
You say, "Yeah, well, that's how things #work around here ..."

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 20/1🧵

That vulnerable person who @cityofwinnipeg is failing has a right to ask, "Why are you willing to get measured so poorly?"

You have a responsibility to then say, "I'm not, and here is what I will do to prove it."

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 21/1🧵

Section 3.1: "This #policy does not apply to..." - A policy that does not guarantee best practices in #Winnipeg is a failed one. You protect your vulnerable #people, not clients - especially true re: 3rd parties w/ more loopholes than a spirograph.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 22/1🧵

Where's Section 3.2.k? Represent the #diversity of our #community at all times. Values include, but are not limited to: #people of colour, #gender diverse people, people's pronouns, people with disabilities, and people suffering wealth #inequality.

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli 23/1🧵

Thread #2 about the @cityofwinnipeg “Corporate Advertising Policy” continues here:

https://twitter.com/TaylorLakhryst/status/1522627695619698688

#wpg22 #wpgpoli #mbpoli