| SF native 
| Moderate Liberal 
How it started. 
How it ended. 
A few thoughts below.pic.twitter.com/2lNV0Up6If
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About 10 min in we noticed
@chesaboudin was in the room. I was thrilled to see this as I have been wanting to host him. I think he and his platform have been unfairly blamed for SF's problems as of late. (P.S. I think I have contributed to this, which I regret).Näytä tämä ketju
I invited him in and he graciously accepted. What followed was a heated conversation that took on an overly aggressive tone. This frustrated me, but I hung on, and things simmered down. Chesa explained a lot to those in the room for over an hour. It was really powerful.
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We also had his former opponent,
@NancyTungSF in the room. She spoke a lot about her views on crime and the role of the DA. It was not for the faint of heart. She lost to Chesa last year, and is a long-time prosecutor. She did not comment on if she will run again.Näytä tämä ketju -
A few other notable speakers that I invited in were
@AnnieGaus (a journalist who just founded a newspaper focused on SF & Economics@publiccommentsf) and@AnnieUle (former COO of@tippingpoint, a very large nonprofit that battles poverty).Näytä tämä ketju -
The conversation reached ~3000 people at the peak. About 100x expectations. We had the "hands raise" feature on, but it was getting hammered. ~50 people were trying to get into the conversation. Many with anonymous accounts. I believed we were being trolled.
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It was hard to know what to do. We had all these people on a call, we had no agenda or topics for discussion, it sort of took on a life of its own. There were a few elements I really did not like - namely people calling others liars, or interrupting, or derailing.
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By the time we wrapped, Twitter was ablaze, and about 600 people were in a Clubhouse room dedicated to talking about how our room had been racist. My heart sank. I joined the convo. Hand raising was turned off. I would have liked to participate...pic.twitter.com/Dpc7GEAxmQ
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I then saw this tweet by
@EricaJoy and my heart sank further. I was up half the night thinking about it.https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1349952552096260097?s=20 …Näytä tämä ketju -
A few questions running through my mind: 1) Should I have anticipated this would go viral? If so, should I have had speakers & topics lined up? 2) If lining up speakers, what groups should have been represented? 3) How can you represent all groups if the panel is small?
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4) Only the black community spoke out loudly about this, yet many groups were not represented by the speakers, why is that? 5) I saw that the group was leaning white, but the hands raised were flying in fast from anon accounts, should I have blindly accepted?
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6) If I host another Clubhouse and choose a white speaker will I be trolled and attacked? 7) If I can only host a clubhouse that has a black co-host or speaker, what are the pros/cons of that?
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I'm mulling on all these questions and more. Honestly, I'm a bit shaken up. Getting DMs and mentions saying I'm a white supremacist and racist has felt awful. I wish that someone had reached out directly to give me feedback on how I could do better.
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TBH, I'm not sure if I want to host another Clubhouse after this, but if I do, I'd like to include a wider diversity of voices. So here is my ask -- who is Black, in SF, and a total policy wonk? Seeking ideas for a guest speaker or co-host. DMs are open.
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