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How to handle betrayal within activist groups and community coalitions

Our community coalition has been fighting this development project for two years and we just found out that one of our core members has been meeting privately with the developers. Some people want to kick them out immediately but others think we need to understand what happened first and I don't know how we move forward when trust feels broken.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When someone violates group trust in public advocacy work, the response reveals deeper questions about accountability, forgiveness, and shared purpose.

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