Accountability, on the other hand, means taking responsibility for harms, understanding their impact(s), and working to repair them. It is not a singular action or destination; it is an internal process through which we decide to be aligned with a shared set of values, and to be responsible to ourselves and those around us for our choices and their impacts. Accountability is not something that is imposed like a sentence, nor is it an inherent capacity some people have and others don’t. Instead, it is an active process that people choose to engage in, voluntarily and on an ongoing basis. As a
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