Periagoge
Scenario

When community organizing reproduces the power dynamics it aims to disrupt

Our neighborhood group formed to address gentrification but we've become the very thing we were trying to prevent - the longtime residents who started this can barely afford to stay involved while those of us with more resources dominate every meeting and decision. I can see it happening but don't know how to address it without sounding performative.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group organized around justice is unconsciously replicating the same exclusions they set out to fight, creating a painful contradiction between values and practice.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Peri

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