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[quote=Anonymous]My small non-profit collaborates with another. Long story, short - one of their employees who is junior to me and supports my work when I am on the ground there sent an email to my team with directives around some next steps. I responded that I was open to modifying next steps, but that there would need to be a process for deciding that - including hearing the voices of the clients - and once decided, I would communicate with my team myself.

She felt that her "feedback" was rejected, and I was focused more on process than content. She shared that with her boss who then shared it with mine. My boss called me and explained that the other colleague is feeling unheard, and I acknowledged that I could see how that happened, and that I would call her and sort it out. I was asked not to call her [we never communicated again after the two message email exchange], and I was told that their organization wanted a facilitated call. That is outside of our organizational practices which say that we have to try and solve problems directly with the people affected before escalating. Anyway, the facilitated call was insisted upon, and I agreed.

And then, today, I got an email from someone else in their organization inviting me to a "healing circle" and asking that I fill out a form with my I-statements and talking about how we were going to get together in a safe space to discuss issues that are "causing harm."

WTF??? I feel like I am being forced into this, and I absolutely do not want to do it. I just simply want to say, "no thank you."

I am wondering about asking my boss directly what would be the consequences if I just refuse to do it. She agrees that it is weird and asking a lot but thinks I should just "go with the flow."
Important to add, I am older and white and the person who wants the circle is younger and Latina. I feel a lot of risk to my reputation here no matter what I do.

HELP!?

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