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Scenario

How to address unspoken divisions in community organizing

Our neighborhood group has been organizing around some local issues for two years and we used to feel really aligned but now there are these unspoken divisions forming based on who has kids in the schools versus who doesn't, and who's been here longer, and we can all feel it but no one wants to name it directly.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Different stakes and histories create invisible fault lines that threaten shared purpose if left unexamined.

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 Adolescence and the parent-teen relationship?”

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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