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Introduction to More Power

Introduction to More Power

Moving away from purposeful powerlessness

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Apr 15, 2025
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I need more power!

I am obsessed with a few words in my civic work. “Empathy” and “civic love” are some of my most favorite – see last week’s piece on Civic Love. Right up there is the word “power.” I feel that our nonprofit and social justice sectors shy away from frank discussions and analysis of power. What is it? Who has it? How to get it?

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