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How to address power dynamics when you're the newcomer

The same three people dominate every community meeting and I want to speak up about it but I'm new here and don't want to be seen as causing trouble.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to belong can silence necessary truth-telling about how power operates in spaces that claim to be egalitarian.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Talking circles and community justice?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.