Discussion on Sensory Sensitivity in Meetings

And then-

Good idea.

Uh, and then let me consult the people who

are counting.

So everyone who is not a counter,

take a seat.

Take a seat.

Everyone.

Everyone.

And these people on the walls.

Everyone on the walls,

take a seat so that we can count.

When there are so many people moving around, it's very difficult to count.

Right, right now it's better.

Uh, quick point of privilege.

Um-

Quick point of personal privilege.

Yes.

Um, guys, uh, first of all, James Jackson, Sacramento, he, him.

I just wanna say, can we please keep the chatter to a

minimum?

I'm one of the people who's very, very prone to sensory overload.

There's a lot of whispering and chatter going on.

It's making it very difficult for me to focus. Please, can we just...

I know it's, we're all fresh and ready to go,

but can we please just keep the

chatter to a minimum? It's affecting my ability to focus.

Thank you.

Thank you, comrade. Okay. Is there a speaker against?

Name, chapter pronoun.

Point of personal privilege. Point of personal privilege.

Yes.

Please do not use gendered language to c- to

address everyone.

Okay.

Um, we have a lot of disabled comrades, and, uh, a lot of those

are invisible disability. Um, first of all, in this room, I see

that no one's clapping for me. It could be because I'm not engaging,

but it also is

because everyone's doing this, and that's really important because those

loud

bursts of noise, even though this is a noisy space, when we can do

something like reducing that, that's really important.

So please don't clap, shoot up these.

Um, and, and additionally with the, um, the noise issue, like, avoid

hissing, avoid waving banners, right?

If you don't know what to do, show up these, right?

I'm sure there's lots of ways that we can communicate to each other

without needing

to rely on something, uh, that's going to hurt somebody else.

Um, we have quiet rooms that are available.

There's a range of options of these, right?

On 7, there's one that has video but no sound, if you still want to be

able to observe the convention, but the sound is an issue.

There's also, on Piedmont 8, a completely quiet room.

One thing to note there, please don't go into

that space with anything that's like

an aggressive scent, for instance, right?

Um, because that's gonna be difficult for

people. Don't talk to cops.

Don't talk to MAGA assholes.

Oh, we're almost there. Just, uh, this... But thank you.

Um- Quick point of privilege once again. Quick point of privilege once again.

Hi, James Jackson, Sacramento DSA, he, him.

I have already asked people to be mindful of the chatter of their

comrades who are sensitive to sensory overload, and that goes

double for the heckling and the hissing.

It is also triggering to my anxiety.

Like, the be comradely doesn't ju- isn't just for, like, you know, let's keep

things civil or whatever. It's so that people aren't gonna get triggered and

so that it doesn't affect their performance as a delegate, okay?

Uh, resolutions and appointments committee.

Very brief,

very brief point of information. If you are using a microphone,

talk into it

directly like I am right now, and do not wave your face back and forth

because people cannot hear you. That is all.

Okay, awesome. Thank you for the pointer.

Yes.

Uh, could someone please run a mic to the

comrade in the jean

jacket,

of which there are many .

I, um, I simply had a question.

Sorry, could we-

Okay.

Thank you.

Uh, hold on. Point, point of order. Yep.

Thank you. So-

Sorry, what's your name and your-

My name is Trey. Uh, I use they, them, and he, him pronouns.

I'm from Memphis. Thank you for asking. Nice to meet you.

Sorry.

Nice to meet you.

Um, I had a question. Um, so

Nick,

Jack, what is his name? Or what is his surname?

Nick J.

Nick J. They

were elected as an at-large delegate before they

resigned. Is that correct?

No.

No?

No.

Okay, then

never mind.

Now, uh-

Thank you. Hi, I am Andy P., uh, from Los Angeles, they, them pronouns.

Um,

could I please ask the chair to, um, again, um...

There was a previous point of privilege about waving around signs, that

it, it is distracting to other comrades. I have autism.

This is distracting to me. Can I...

I would like to ask our fellow delegates please to not wave around

your signs, especially during voting. Thank you.

Yes. Uh, please do not wave around your signs.

Thank you.

Um-