# Yep

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ORIGINAL: https://brennan.day/yep/

Things I will do. Commitments I keep.

Saying yes is as important as saying no. This is my public list of what I'm here for, what I'll fight for, and what I'll build.

## Work I'll Take

### Development

• Projects that center accessibility and inclusion
  If you want to build digital spaces that work for everyone, especially marginalized communities, I'm your person.

• Sites for progressive causes and mutual aid networks
  Building tools for organizers, activists, and community care. Berry House's dual mission in practice.

• Work that serves Black and Indigenous communities
  Supporting oppressed, subjugated, and racialized folx. MMIWG justice initiatives, language preservation, and Métis sovereignty projects.

• Projects for disabled and chronically ill communities
  Building accessible tools, documenting medical gaslighting, creating safer digital spaces.

• Open source contributions that matter
  Tools that enable community building, accessibility, and digital sovereignty.

### Writing

• Essays that bear witness to suffering
  Making invisible struggles visible. Naming and counting those excluded from moral consideration.

• Cultural analysis that connects systems of oppression
  Showing how patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism, and ableism interlock.

• Work that models accountability
  Doing the work to unlearn patriarchal conditioning and carry emotional labour.

• Writing about disability justice and health equity
  Documenting long COVID, chronic illness, and medical gaslighting from lived experience.

• Community-focused cultural criticism
  Big-tent progressivism that meets people where they are while maintaining principles.

## Tech I'll Use

### Tools

• Open source software that respects user autonomy
  Plausible analytics, IndieWeb tools, privacy-first platforms.

• Static site generators and lightweight solutions
  Eleventy, vanilla JavaScript, minimal dependencies.

• Accessibility-first frameworks and libraries
  Tools that prioritize screen readers, keyboard navigation, and inclusive design.

• Environmentally conscious hosting and infrastructure
  Green web hosting, carbon-aware computing, minimal resource usage.

• Tools that enable community building
  Platforms for mutual aid, collective care, and decentralized organizing.

## Commitments I Keep

### Community

• I will always center marginalized voices
  Amplifying Indigenous, disabled, Queer, and Global South perspectives.

• I will practice material solidarity
  Giving money, time, and effort to movements and organizations doing essential work.

• I will bear witness to global suffering
  Writing about Palestinians, Congolese, Rohingyans, Uyghurs, and all excluded peoples.

• I will build mutual aid networks
  Creating systems of care that don't depend on institutions or charity models.

### Ethics

• I will extend moral consideration beyond human boundaries
  Including animals, ecosystems, and future generations in ethical calculations.

• I will support universal rights without exception
  No selective application of human dignity based on geography, identity, or politics.

• I will fight against genocide and ethnic cleansing
  Speaking up for Palestinians, Congolese, Rohingyans, Uyghurs, and all targeted groups.

• I will defend trans and Queer rights absolutely
  Gender-affirming care is healthcare. No compromise on Queer liberation.

### Professional

• I will build sustainable, long-term relationships
  Prioritizing decades of work over short-term gains.

• I will practice transparent pricing and pay-what-you-can models
  Making my work accessible while maintaining sustainability.

• I will document my processes and learn in public
  Sharing knowledge, admitting mistakes, helping others avoid my errors.

• I will choose restorative justice over punitive measures

• I will meet people where they are while maintaining principles
  Big-tent progressivism that builds coalitions without compromising ethics.

## Why These Commitments Matter

These come from moral consistency. I can't write about ethics and morality and then work for organizations that violate them. I can't write about accountability and then refuse to do the work myself.

These come from community responsibility. As someone who has exploited various privileges, I have a duty to use my skills and resources to support those most marginalized.

These come from survival. Building a better world is necessary for all of us to survive the overlapping crises of climate change, fascism, and systemic injustice.

## The Work Ahead

This isn't a complete list. It's a starting point. The work will change as the world changes, as I learn more, as movements evolve.

Show up, do the work, help someone, build something useful, write something honest.

Every single day.

## Related

• /values -- The principles that guide these commitments
• /nope -- The boundaries that protect this work
• /hills -- Strong opinions that inform these choices
• /why -- How these commitments inform my work
• /contact -- How to reach me if you share these commitments