Taking the L: Lessons in Accountability – Witch Hunts, Main Character Syndrome, Dog Piles & Radical Self-Love (Online Event)

Too late to apologise? Sometimes, but never to ourselves

Taking the L is a series of powerful, joyful online events exploring lessons learned in charity and activist spaces, both online and offline. Co-hosted by three sector leaders Martha Awojobi, Seyi Akiwowo and Cam St-Omer Donaldson, this event will unpick how social media culture has distorted our understanding and expectations of accountability – fuelling cancel culture, vigilante justice, “main character syndrome”, and dog piling – and how we can reclaim accountability as a practice of care, repair, radical self-love, and collective liberation.

We will explore the lessons we’ve learned from harm and repair, the power of apology, and how to hold ourselves and others with compassion – even when it’s hard. There will be music, laughter, poetry, and moments of real talk about how boundaries, forgiveness, and consequence all fit into the accountability puzzle. As always, we want to hear from you - help us shaping the discussion by submitting questions for us to reflect on and share any real life accountability dilemmas that you are facing for our agony aunties segment.