# Principle 4: Principles for participation

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<span lang="en-US">Principles for participation are a set of agreements made </span><span style="color: #800080;">**<span lang="en-US">at the start of your conversation</span>**</span> <span lang="en-US">with participants. They are critical to ensuring the </span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: #800080;">**safety, fun and inclusivi<span style="color: #800080;">t</span>y**</span></span> <span lang="en-US">of the space!</span>

<span lang="en-US">These agreements are best created collaboratively among participants. Active participation from folks in the development of the principles ensures </span>

- <span lang="en-US">a sense of co-ownership of the principles</span>
- <span lang="en-US">the principles embody perspectives from a diversity of realities</span>
- <span lang="en-US">the unique needs of each participant to fully engage in the conversation space are accounted for</span>

<span lang="en-US">While the principles you develop with participants will be unique to their needs and your specific context, you can read the principles of participation developed by members of the APC community as an example of what you may want to include. </span>

<p class="callout info align-left"><span lang="en-US">Here you can read the [APC feminist principles of participation.](https://en.ftx.apc.org/books/home/page/our-feminist-principles-of-participation)</span></p>