WHY WE FEEL THIS IS IMPORTANT |
As a community, we want as many talented people as possible helping to solve the world’s most pressing problems. A lack of diversity within a community - diversity of demographics, of opinions, of skill sets and of experience - can become self-reinforcing, which can severely limit the ability of a community to effect change. Even when we don’t consciously exclude people, being the only representative of a certain demographic can make people feel uncomfortable or out of place, whilst in-group jargon and discussions that require specialized knowledge can be very off-putting to new members. It’s not enough to have good intentions - these things happen by default and through unconscious systematic biases unless we think carefully about how our actions will be interpreted, and so as a committee we take this issue very seriously.
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THE CULTURE WE'D LIKE TO ESTABLISH |
We endorse the Centre for Effective Altruism’s Guiding Principles of i) Commitment to Others, ii) Scientific Mindset, iii) Openness, iv) Integrity and v) Collaborative Spirit.
Below we try to spell out what exactly we think this means for the Yale Effective Altruism community.
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CONCRETE BEHAVIORAL GUIDELINES |
We encourage members of the Yale Effective Altruism community to abide by the following:
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