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Scenario

When activist groups struggle with informal power hierarchies

Our organizing collective says we're committed to horizontal leadership but there are three of us who always end up making the real decisions and everyone knows it but no one will name it. The newer members are getting frustrated and some of the founders are getting defensive and I'm caught in the middle trying to figure out if we're actually capable of the thing we claim to believe in.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between your stated values and your actual power dynamics is becoming impossible to ignore, and naming it threatens the very relationships that make the work possible.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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