Civic Accountability is the ongoing public responsibility
to respond to harm that has been named
to answer public grievances
and to recognize memory produced by crews in practice.
It applies to:
- Institutions that receive public pressure,
- Candidates or stewards who claim to carry the work into office,
- Crews that risk collapsing into silence, inaction, or drift.
Who Holds Civic Accountability
Actors Held Accountable | Accountability To |
Institutions (Gov, Corp, Nonprofit) | Public Grievances and Escalated Actions |
Candidates / Officeholders | Crew-based practice and documented memory |
Verified Crews | The Code of Practice and Peer Steward Review |
Resource Bodies (e.g., 56k Handshake) | Transparent, documented resource governance |
Federation Bodies | Ratified network votes and documented crew needs |
How Civic Accountability Is Maintained
- Public Grievance Filing
- Crews formally name harm in public forums or actions.
- Memory Kit Documentation
- Crews build records that demand institutional response.
- Crew-Based Pressure
- Crews escalate consequence if institutions ignore accountability.
- Internal Role Rotation and Review
- Crews self-check and rotate responsibility to avoid collapse.
- Federated Review (Doctrine Jury, Non-Support)
- Crews and infrastructure bodies are peer-reviewed to stay in alignment.
What Civic Accountability Is Not
- A private complaint that stays hidden.
- A performative demand with no follow-up.
- A personal callout with no structural ask.
- A social media trend with no memory.
Civic Accountability Self-Check
[ ] Has the harm been publicly named with a clear grievance?[ ] Has a Memory Kit been produced documenting the action?[ ] Has pressure escalated when accountability was ignored?[ ] Has the crew or body rotated roles and recorded lessons?
If you check three or more
you are holding civic accountability with integrity.