People Power

Administration

• How can writing center administrators foment community and care at a policy level?
• How can you make your center as welcoming and accessible as possible for both staff and students?
• How do you build community with your colleagues within and beyond your center?

Administration

• How do you resist internal or external pressures to produce and perform at unsustainable rates?
• What do the terms “community” and “care” mean in the face of institutional pressures and budgetary concerns?

Tutor Experiences

• What do the terms “community” and “care” mean to you?
• How does your center foster or stifle community?
• How does your center prioritize or inhibit care?

Tutor Experiences

• How can your center, or the field at large, better support you and/or the communities to which you belong?

Relationships

• How do you build relationships within your writing center and/or across campus?
• How do these relationships sustain you in the face of difficult conditions?
• How do you hold yourself and each other accountable?

Care Practices

• How do you care for the students and staff in your center? How do you care for yourself?
• What scholars, organizers, and other leaders inform your care practices, and how do you apply their wisdom in your center?

Justice/Liberation

• How do you advance justice in your center?
• How do you work toward liberation in the midst of current conditions?
• What barriers are you up against, and how can you resist, circumvent, or erode them?

University Context

• How does your institution's values enhance your writing center’s practice?
• What resources and tools do you have to complete your work?
• What does administrative/student labor look like at your writing center?

University Context

• What are your institution's opportunities for advancement?
• How does your writing center provide equitable opportunities to thrive?

Hope

• Where do you find hope in your writing center? How do you practice it?
• What writing center initiatives, communities, or practices give you hope?