#18 - Allyship Manual: What allyship is NOT

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the first of a 3 episode arc on allyship, this week we cover the five things that allyship is NOT:</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Allyship is not a self bestowed title. Don’t call yourself an ally!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Allyship is not a box to check on our way to collecting a certain number of ‘woke’ points. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Allyship is not something that you earn once and keep for life. You need to keep at it, with continuous improvement. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Allyship is not one-size-fits-all. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Allyship is not a badge. There's no Twitter verified check next to it. You do it anyway.</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the the next two weeks, we’ll cover </span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The key practices for shifting to inclusion by default</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The need to embrace courage and forget ego (and how a baking analogy might help)</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’ve just found us, give us a rating (just hit the star of your choice, no review needed even). Please and thank you.</span></p>