COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

Afro Dance Seattle fosters a fun, safe and inclusive space for every student, instructor, and guest within our community. Our community is composed of people of all races, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities, religions and spiritualities, ages, body shapes, socio-economic statuses, and immigrant statuses. Protecting our community’s well being and safety is crucial and a priority to our mission, as it allows us to be vulnerable and connect with ourselves and others more freely.

Any form of hate speech, harassment, violence or discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated. Such behavior will be addressed to preserve a space where our students and team feel protected, valued, and heard.

This means if you ever experience an issue in class and would like support, the Afro Dance Seattle team is here to help. First, we encourage everyone in our community to have brave conversations, to set boundaries and/or provide feedback to each other directly. However, we also understand that sometimes people do not feel safe to have those conversations on their own, and for that we are here.

You can contact Kiné Camara or Adri Tapia-Gomez individually via email, or you can email us both at afrodanceseattle@gmail.com.

For the safety and health of our community, we ask everyone in the space to be kind to one another and honor boundaries when they are requested, even if it's not the same boundary you would need for yourself. We are blessed to have a very close-knit community, however particularly around touch: we strongly encourage the practice of asking for consent. Equally important, is creating an environment where it is safe to say no. It never hurts to ask, but it may hurt if you do not ask.