Accountability means taking appropriate steps when harm happens, and, according to transformative justice practitioner Mia Mingus, includes the following steps: self-reflection, apology, repair, and changed behaviour*. Consistently taking accountability for smaller harms makes accountability a routine, normalised part of our social expectations and builds our systems for taking accountability for bigger harms. Consistent accountability for smaller harms can also prevent larger harms by disrupting harmful patterns before they escalate. – We Name It So We Can Repair It: Rethinking Harm and Accountability in the Anti-Trafficking Sector.

Resources: We Name It So We Can Repair It: Rethinking Harm and Accountability in the Anti-Trafficking Sector