Less than Zero policy

At LUCC, we have a less-than-zero tolerance policy for abuse, harassment, and violence. 

We will not create allowances for abuse, harassment, and/or violence that we witness or are informed of that takes place at our facility, at our events, or within our immediate community. This is zero tolerance. 

We will not create allowances for abuse, harassment, and/or violence that we witness or are informed of that takes place in our wider community either. This means refusing to collaborate with abusers, being willing to participate in call-ins for accountability at the request of survivors, and informing other communities we frequently collaborate with of our decision to no longer collaborate with abusers and our reasoning.

Going a step further, we also believe that accountability must extend throughout the community. If a collaborator has been informed of an abuser and continues to work with them in situations when the abuser is making no effort toward accountability, we will review our continued relationship with that collaborator.

We take a survivor-centered approach to all of these measures. What that means to us is to respond quickly to requests for action, accountability, or safety measures. This also means navigating accountability on the survivor’s terms, especially relative to privacy. Situations of abuse are often very confusing to approach for survivors because they so commonly involve overlapping communities and individuals holding some sort of position of power. 

No abuse situation is exactly the same, and that’s why our survivor-centered approach in addressing issues will be formulated on a case-by-case basis. Accountability and rehabilitation should always be part of an expectation and a conversation with abusers where possible. That said, only a survivor will know what their individual needs are when it comes to feeling safe and secure in their community.

A note on “cancel culture”

The standards above denote clear boundaries for involvement and most certainly could result in the “cancellation” of an individual. We do feel that recommendations for rehabilitation and accountability have a place in this conversation, and will always structure any public or private call-ins with resources available for abusers and survivors to seek out care.

That said, our primary concern is harm reduction. This is why we focus on centering survivors and their needs.

For questions or concerns, email us.

If you have something you wish to report to us, you can use the form located on our feedback page. You may leave out personal information as needed.