The Return of Taste.Touch.Feel. - Stepping back to Step Forward
This accountability process has been transformative on a personal level, offering me greater clarity and capacity to offer focused attention to The Haux Hive. I’ve taken a several-month hiatus, leaving the country to replenish myself and allow the team to mold, shift, and grow in my absence. We still have a ways to go but are learning and adapting as we progress.
Click here for a refresher on the Haux Hive Accountability Plan.
Taste.Touch.Feel. returned on July 1, 2023 and I’d consider our first show back a success. To prepare:
All Haux Hive staff attended a virtual bystander training and basic dungeon/play etiquette class. Staff includes myself, the internal team, as well as event staff (Honeys, Care Bears)
The Haux Hive event team consists of people with experience facilitating kink events and educated in trauma-informed, somatic practices.: MEET THE TEAM HERE
I, Brooke Jay, have completed a course in Psychological First Aid
Guests were informed of our updated policies and procedures via email, social media, and from the host and a pre-recorded message several times throughout the event night.
The following personnel was present on 7/1 and will be present at every event moving forward.
two in-house, trained Haux Hive security
two guest/audience support specialist (Care Bears)
2-4 trained dungeon monitors
Our educational series, Safe Word, served as a regular (quarterly minimum) public education on consent, play safety and dungeon etiquette. We will be transitioning Safe Word to virtual learning, making it accessible to all and offering a way to guide newbies into [Black] kink spaces healthily.
If you attended the Taste.Touch.Feel. Revival, we’d love to hear your feedback. You can leave an anonymous comment on our CONTACT US page or email us at info@thehauxhive.com
Any additional questions about the process should be sent to damesadie@gmail.com.