Ruth Tillman on personal, and organizational, statements:
- role of professional organizations is to “establish norms and orientations for the field”
- statements supply talking points that are backed by organizational authority
- they record official positions for future reference
- the cognitive load of developing these statements is high and need to be used judiciously i.e. when clearly within the purview of a given org and in timely response to events
- labour esp. by volunteers must be recognized for its value and that energy is often better spent on other responses to crises