Current Covenant
January 2024

​Stick to the rules

Respect

• Use trigger warnings
  • Talk about the feelings rather than the event(s)
• No "harshing mellows"
  • Ex: entering a decompression space with high energy
• No “yucking yums”
  • Don't invalidate or disparage someone's likes or interests
• Step up, step back
  • Constructively engage with conferees violating the Convent
  • Cool down and recollect to address an issue
• Talk to chaplains and staff (that’s what we’re here for!)
• Ask for and respect consent
• Ask for and respect pronouns

Confidentiality

• Chaplains abide by confidentiality
  • Expect when someone is hurting or going to hurt themselves or others
• Adult advisors
• Conferee confidence
• Use "I" statements
• It's okay to feel down; talk about it! 

            
Challenge your judgements

• 24 hour rule
  • Back it up, bring it up
• Ouch!...Oops!
  • If something doesn't sit right, saying this may be an easy way to identify it for others
• Assume good intentions
• Be mindful
• Be inclusive
  • Smokers: past concerns about smoking exclusivity

August 2021

to be added

January 2021

Stick to the rules

Respect

• Use trigger warnings
  
  • Talk about the feelings rather than the event(s)
    
• No "harshing mellows"
  • Ex: entering a decompression space with high energy
    
• No “yucking yums”
  • Don't invalidate or disparage someone's likes or interests
    
• Step up, step back
  • Constructively engage with conferees violating the Convent
    
  • Cool down and recollect to address an issue
    
• Talk to chaplains and staff (that’s what we’re here for!)
• Ask for and respect consent
• Ask for and respect pronouns

Confidentiality

• Chaplains abide by confidentiality
  
  • Except when someone is hurting or going to hurt themselves or others
    
• Adult advisors
• Conferee confidence
• Use "I" statements
• It's okay to feel down; talk about it!
  

            
Challenge your judgements

• 24 hour rule
  
  • Back it up, bring it up
    
• Ouch!...Oops!
  • If something doesn't sit right, saying this may be an easy way to identify it for others
    
• Assume good intentions
• Be mindful
• Be inclusive
  • Smokers: past concerns about smoking exclusivity
    

August 2020

Stick to the rules

Respect

• Use trigger warnings
  
  • Talk about the feelings rather than the event(s)
    
• No "harshing mellows"
  • Ex: entering a decompression space with high energy
    
• No “yucking yums”
  • Don't invalidate or disparage someone's likes or interests
    
• Step up, step back
  • Constructively engage with conferees violating the Convent
    
  • Cool down and recollect to address an issue
    
• Talk to chaplains and staff (that’s what we’re here for!)
• Ask for and respect consent
• Ask for and respect pronouns

Confidentiality

• Chaplains abide by confidentiality
  
  • Except when someone is hurting or going to hurt themselves or others
    
• Adult advisors
• Conferee confidence
• Use "I" statements
• It's okay to feel down; talk about it!
  

            
Challenge your judgements

• 24 hour rule
  
  • Back it up, bring it up
    
• Ouch!...Oops!
  • If something doesn't sit right, saying this may be an easy way to identify it for others
    
• Assume good intentions
• Be mindful
• Be inclusive
  • Smokers: past concerns about smoking exclusivity
    

January 2020

to be added

August 2019

to be added

January 2019

to be added

August 2018

to be added

January 2018

Stick to the rules

Respect

• Island
  
  • Their rules, nature and wildlife
    
• Self
  • Remember to hydrate, sleep, and wear sunscreen
    
• Others
  • Personal property, experiences, quiet timeSG2: their space, alternative swears, Brookfield at night
    
• Pels
  • Their space, be gracious
    
• Use trigger warnings
  • Talk about the feelings rather than the event(s)
    
  • Limit recreational drug and alcohol discussion
    
• No "harshing mellows"
  • Ex: entering a decompression space with high energy
    
• No “yucking yums”
  • Don't invalidate or disparage someone's likes or interests
    
• Step up, step back
  • Constructively engage with conferees violating the Convent
    
  • Cool down and recollect to address an issue
    
• Talk to chaplains and staff (that’s what we’re here for!)
• Ask for and respect consent
• Ask for and respect pronouns

Confidentiality

• Chaplains abide by confidentiality
  
  • Except when someone is hurting or going to hurt themselves or others
    
• Adult advisors
• Conferee confidence
• Use "I" statements
• It's okay to feel down; talk about it!

Challenge your judgements

• 24 hour rule
  
  • Back it up, bring it up
    
• Ouch!...Oops!
  • If something doesn't sit right, saying this may be an easy way to identify it for others
    
• Assume good intentions
• Be mindful
• Be inclusive
  • Smokers: past concerns about smoking exclusivity
    
• Limit technology use
• Buddy-system (safety, notification)

Other

• Leave the mainland on the mainland
  
• Come to island a not smoker-leave island be a not smoker
• Moving smoking to summer house not back of brookfield​