The Transformative Spark of Collective Power
As the anthropologist Margaret Mead once said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Citizen Power and Climate Justice Movements
“women must transform our own relationship with power. When women change the way we think about power, we will then shift from the oppressive, outdated, patriarchal model of “power-over” to an expansive model of “power-to” that transforms how we lead and how we live.”
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Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership,
... See moreTitled “A Bigger We,” FTF’s report argues that today’s democracy crisis is rooted in a crisis of agency, in that most Americans rarely, if ever, experience themselves as having the collective ability to change the world they live in. Or, to put it in a simpler vernacular: people don’t give a shit because they don’t think they matter. And too often,... See more