Our neighborhood group formed to address gentrification but half of us are homeowners who've benefited from rising property values and half are renters getting displaced, and we're realizing we might have fundamentally different stakes in the solutions we're proposing. The meetings have gotten tense and people are starting to not show up.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group united by concern discovers their different positions create competing interests that undermine their ability to work together.
“Where Are You with Civil disobedience across traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.