Redefining Power: Exploring Recent Power Shifts and Democratic Upsets

It’s called Power Hoarding: when one group dominates the who, what, where, when, and why.  And it even happens in social movements.  Together, we will ask ourselves what and who has hoarded power in social movements of the past- and explore what elements it could benefit us to include in the future.  We will take the time to thoughtfully define where we are, what we mean, and what the architects and users of our language mean.  "Intersectionality" is often incorrectly used in place of "diversity," "equity" and "equality" are often confused, and juxtapositions of the traditional and the modern divide instead of instruct. In this introduction, we will cut through the noise and get to what's real: what do these critical concepts actually mean, what lens do they require we use for our work, and does the inclusion of so much weaken or delay progress?