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# Public identity can serve as a bridge when it...
> Public identity can serve as a bridge when it makes competence and institutional literacy legible. Credentials, publications, roles, and documented relationships help unfamiliar people understand where a participant has worked and what kinds of responsibility have already been carried.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Building Bridges Across Systems of Power - Workbook|Building Bridges Across Systems of Power]]
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“Public identity can serve as a bridge when it makes competence and institutional literacy legible. Credentials, publications, roles, and documented relationships help unfamiliar people understand where a participant has worked and what kinds of responsibility have already been carried.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-public-identity-serve-responsibility-already-carried
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