 I invite the employees of AMBS to rise to join in our shared commitment. Our hearts are heavy. We grieve the suffering you have experienced at the hands of John Howard Yoder. Personally, a lot of complexity, a lot of wrong and disabuse, are starving that our ways of teaching others work has contributed to your pain. We repent of our complicity in this harm, and we know that we will need to continue to discern what more we should repent of before God and you are witnesses. With new resolve, we make the following commitments. We promise to be diligent in educating ourselves on the nature and devastating consequences of sexual misconduct. We are acting on reports of sexual misconduct or physical harassment from students, colleagues, or guests in prompt, just, and equitable ways. We promise to create and introduce words and actions that maintain personal boundaries, express our power responsibly, and protect all in our midst who are vulnerable. With awareness that we are all capable of grievous misdeeds and mistakes, we acknowledge our constant need for God's grace to repent of words and behavior that harm others. We pray that God's abiding and empowering spirit will help us keep these commitments for the sake of our witness to God's reign and for the safety and dignity of all whom the AMBS Learning Community serves.