DSA Convention Delegates Discuss Noise and Sensory Accessibility

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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 on the walls take a seat so that we can count

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

Quick point of privilege quick personal privilege guys first of all James Jackson, Sacramento. He him I

Just want to 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 point of personal privilege yes

Please do not use gendered language took to address everyone

Okay, we have a lot of disabled comrades and a lot of those are invisible

Disability 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 and additionally with the the noise issue like avoid hissing avoid

Waving banners right 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

That's going to hurt somebody else. We have quiet rooms that are available

There's a range of options of these right on seven

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 in Piedmont eight 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

Because that's going to be difficult for people don't talk to cops. Don't talk to MAGA assholes

Well, we're almost there just

This but thank you um big 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 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

resolutions very

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 pointers. Yes

Could someone please run a mic to the comrade and the jean jacket of?

Which there are many

I am I simply had a car. I could we thank you

Point of order yep, thank you, so sorry. What's your name, and my name is Trey. I use they them and he him pronouns

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

I had a question

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Nick

Jack what is his name, or what is his name?

Nick J. They

Were elected as an at-large delegate before they resigned is that correct no?

Okay, then

never mind

Now thank you. Hi. I am Andy P from Los Angeles they them pronouns

Could I please ask the chair to again

There was a previous point of privilege about waving around signs that 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 do not wave around your signs especially during voting. Thank you. Yes

Please do not wave around your signs. Thank you