SAFER SPACES STATEMENT
We have zero tolerance for violence, racism, transphobia, sexism or other discriminatory language or actions. This includes staring at others or blocking their ability to move freely. Physical contact always requires consent.
Please do not use your cell phone or take photos when you're on or around the dance floor. If you need to use your phone just step away to the bar or another area in the space. Please also refrain from yapping on the dance floor.
If anyone or anything makes you feel unsafe while you're inside, talk to any staff-member and they will help you.
In essence, be respectful and be kind.
SILO Brooklyn stands in solidarity with Palestine.
We endorse the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel () and pledge to boycott all institutions and funders complicit in the Israeli occupation and genocide.
SILO Brooklyn vows to:
- • boycott any cultural product or event funded, commissioned, and/or sponsored by an official Israeli body.
- • not collaborate with or take money from Israeli institutions.
- • refuse “normalization” efforts seeking to justify Israel's war crimes or present a false symmetry between oppressed and oppressor.
- • advocate for others to similarly divest from Israel, end support for the oppression of Palestinians, and pressure Israel to comply with international law.
PACBI rejects on principle boycotts of individuals based on their identity (such as citizenship, race, gender, sexuality, or religion) or opinion. Mere affiliation of Israeli cultural workers to an Israeli cultural institution is therefore not grounds for boycott. If, however, an individual is representing the state of Israel or a complicit Israeli institution, or is commissioned/recruited to participate in Israel's efforts to “rebrand” itself, then their activities are subject to this institutional boycott the PACBI movement is calling for.
I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
II. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
III. One's body is inviolable, subject to one's own will alone.
IV. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.
V. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.
VI. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
VII. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.