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When community consequences meet public spaces

Our community expelled someone for boundary violations but now they're showing up to public events and I don't know if we have the right to keep excluding them from spaces that aren't technically ours.

Juana
Online
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The limits of community authority become visible when accountability processes collide with broader questions of who belongs where and who decides.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Talking circles and community justice?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.