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Scenario

How to address power imbalances in volunteer organizations

Our community organization used to make decisions together but over the years a few people have taken over and the rest of us have gotten passive and now there's resentment on both sides. We care about the work but the group dynamics are broken and nobody wants to address it directly.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Informal leadership can calcify into unchosen hierarchy when groups avoid explicit conversations about power.

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

“Where Are You with Pacific Islander community values?”

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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