CHAPTER 4 - PROTOCOL 7

Cultural Cracks Repair

TIME45-75 minutes plus follow-up

OWNERPrincipal or trained facilitator

ARTIFACTRepair agreement + follow-up evidence

SUCCESS CRITERIA

The harm or breach is named with specificity and appropriate participation.
Affected people have meaningful voice without being required to educate others.
Responsibility, repair, and future behavior are distinguished clearly.
Follow-up checks whether trust and the cultural norm are actually recovering.

IMPLEMENTATION STEPS

Name the crack

Describe the event or pattern, affected relationships, cultural commitment, and immediate needs.

Understand impact and context

Gather perspectives, acknowledge power differences, and separate impact from assumed intention.

Agree on repair

Define acknowledgment, accountability, changed behavior, restitution, or system correction as appropriate.

Return to the relationship

Schedule follow-up, review evidence of changed experience, and adjust the agreement if needed.

WORKING ORGANIZER

Run the protocol.

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01Name the crackDescribe the event or pattern, affected relationships, cultural commitment, and immediate needs.What happened, who was affected, and what shared promise was weakened?02Understand impact and contextGather perspectives, acknowledge power differences, and separate impact from assumed intention.What must be understood before deciding what repair requires?03Agree on repairDefine acknowledgment, accountability, changed behavior, restitution, or system correction as appropriate.What action would meaningfully address the harm and reduce recurrence?04Return to the relationshipSchedule follow-up, review evidence of changed experience, and adjust the agreement if needed.How and when will we know whether the crack is actually repairing?

Evidence to bring backReturn date

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REFLECTION PROMPTS

What made this crack possible or easy to ignore?
What responsibility belongs to leadership or the system?
What would premature closure look like?

EQUITY GUARDRAILS

Use formal reporting, investigation, safety, or legal processes when required; this protocol does not replace them.
Do not require harmed people to reconcile or forgive.
Repair must address power, repeated patterns, and structural conditions—not only interpersonal tone.