What is Accountability?

Featuring: Mia Mingus, Priya Rai, RJ Maccani, Esteban Kelly, Sonya Shah, Shira Hassan, Elliott Fukui, adrienne marie brown, Stas Schmiedt, Lea Roth, kai lumumba barrow, Martina Kartman, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, nuri nusrat, and Mimi Kim.

Accountability is self-reflecting, apologizing, making amends, and changing your behavior so the harm you caused doesn’t happen again. It is a process and not a destination. Over the years, accountability has been at the heart of transformative justice work. In this video, transformative and restorative justice practitioners discuss how accountability is enacted and some challenges in the journey.

This video is part of the Building Accountable Communities video series. The Building Accountable Communities Project promotes non-punitive responses to harm by developing resources for transformative justice practitioners and organizing convenings and workshops that educate the public.

Created by Project Nia and the Barnard Center for Research on Women. Video produced by Mariame Kaba, Dean Spade, and Hope Dector.

[the_famous_reply_guy]

Accountability is Kryptonite to narcissists and entitled privileged people or a certain social class.

[goondocksaints]

2:44 Accountability is not 'radical' or new in any way, shape or form. It might be something you are not familiar with, and it may *seem* radical once you've been introduced to it at such an advanced age, but it's not an anomaly. It's about time people raise their children to be held to a standard and to own the consequences of their own choices. For most people in trouble, accountability is the first step toward meaningful personal growth and it can't be ignored if you really want to improve your situation. Taking control of your life demands taking responsibility for everything you do.

[isakjarlestedt]

Very powerful!Thank you all for being a part of this video and making this video!
♥♥♥!

[ultrabobson]

After watching this video, I understand more about what accountability is. This is a great video!!

[AAPIWomenLead]

Thank you for creating this and thank you to everyone who was part of this incredible video.

[tedrobbins]

I have been thinking about accountability as the A of O.R.A. and to have a positive ORA. Ownership, Responsibility, and Accountability. I will take ownership of (name). I then take responsibility of action related to that which I have ownership with. Accountability (I will take accountability in the work I have done and work that needs to be done like changing my behaviors or definitions with both the rewards and consequences of my actions and reactions).

[jonathanjollimore]

Something that burns some people like sun light burns vampire's

[assaadassmmani]

9:38 the Soul behind that eyes is is a man's Soul!

[mikerenell]

What does accountability in the community mean in Chicago?

[readwrite]

Being accountable is easier to say than done. But it is doable & needs little courage and willingness.

[poppymon]

3:20
wait wait wait back up a second did they just say r*pe and abuse is ok just because they said they're sorry? and in fact you should stay with the person who abused you or someone else you might know because of community and togetherness? I am not ok with that message, that seriously sounds awful. Especially as someone whos *been* through abuse, no I wouldn't forgive him just because he said he was sorry for what he did, that's still not ok...

[SFuttock]

Why do so many people in this cult speak with a rising inflection?