Our community garden was supposed to be democratically run but the same few people make all the decisions and when newer members try to participate, they get told 'that's not how we do things here.' We talk about equity and inclusion but our actual practices shut people out.
More people experience this than they realize.
Your ideals about shared power are being undermined by the very people who helped create them.
“Where Are You with Identity crisis — when self collapses?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.