Power and Power Mapping

Building relational power is one of the foundations of community organising. Having a clear definition of power, and learning how to unpack it, helps us build power that wins real change.

In this workshop, you will:

• Learn how power relates to community organising.
• Engage with your peers on understanding power.
• Practise power mapping to help you think about how to organise.

Meet the facilitators

Ariel Whitson is the Director of Organising and has over a decade of experience as a community organiser focused on social justice issues, primarily with environmental and land justice. Before joining Act Build Change, she was the Senior Director of Community Organising and Education at TreePeople, a leading Los Angeles-based NGO, where she led a team of 40 organisers and educators supporting communities impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. Prior to TreePeople, she ran major advocacy campaigns at Ten Strands, securing significant legislative and funding victories for climate literacy. Ariel is passionate about healing the violent separation of land and people through organising.

Kennedy Walker is the Lead Care Organiser and supported individuals, groups and organisations move through conflict, build power, cultivate knowledge and strengthen skills for over ten years. They’ve trained with the Gestalt Centre in London, Navigate and Training for Change in counselling skills, group facilitation, coaching and more. Alongside this they have campaigned and organised towards food, land and climate justice. In 2017, Kennedy co-founded Kinfolk Network, a network for black organisers and campaigners to learn from each other and build power. Kennedy holds a master's degree in Human Rights, Culture and Social Justice and is currently a trainee therapeutic counsellor.

Cost

• Free for Full Members (those with a paid membership) using the discount code on our website event page.
• £15 for everyone else.

If you would like to become a Full Member (and get access to lots of other great events, trainings and more), visit our membership page to get started.

Access

This event will be held online using Zoom. The link will be shared with registered attendees before the start of the event.

To avoid difficulties accessing the workshop, please ensure that you register for the event with the same email address that you intend to use on Zoom.

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your participation in this session. This includes, but is not limited to, language, comfort, and access (physical, emotional, technological) needs.