We’ve Made Progress on Abuse—but Our Community Must Do Better #shorts

I'm going to say as follows. I think we're light years ahead of where we were years ago, but I still think that we have a long way to go. >> There is a question up there right now. And the question is, how confident are you that our community handles abuse well? Large percentage of the people answering right now, and it's only getting larger, don't feel confident that our community handles abuse very well. You agree with that observation? And if so, why is it like that? and what can be better? >> Um, so I'm going to say as follows. I think we're light years ahead of where we were years ago, but I still think that we have a long way to go. When we were going through the questions, I I kept saying on the group that it's like heartbreaking having hundreds of people literally feel that they don't have where to turn to ask their question that they would feel safe. So they have to do it in a confidential anonymous manner. The mere fact that that still exists today is something that we need to work on changing. Now, I'm going to echo that that the fact that so many people are here tonight certainly is helping to change that tide, but as a community, we need to do a lot