A Thriving Culture of Participation

We are building a network of facilitative leaders with the tools, knowledge, and skills to foster authentic participation, collaborative governance, and community-driven leadership for a living democracy.

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We are all connected. And we will not survive the storms ahead from within systems based on separation and superiority. Facilitating Power partners with organizations and collaborative initiatives to uncover shared vision, values, and collective capacity to face our biggest challenges through deeper connection, collaboration, and community-driven leadership.

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Tools

We partner with organizations, networks, and collaborative initiatives to develop relevant tools that illuminate pathways and practices in the shift from marginalization to community-driven solutions. Click here to see all tools...

Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership

The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership charts a pathway to strengthen and transform our local democracies.

El espectro de involucramiento para lograr la apropiación comunitaria traza un camino para fortalecer y transformar nuestras democracias locales y lo tenemos aquí en español

Tools for Facilitating Alignment

Tension and disagreement are inevitable parts of collective work, but there are strategies we can use to navigate conflict to build consensus around whole solutions. Here are a few tools for facilitating alignment that we use! Haz clic para descargar la herramienta en español: Herramientas para facilitar la alineación

Popular Education Principles & Practices for a Thriving Culture of Participation

Every time we facilitate group learning, we have the chance to uncover our personal and collective power to change circumstances for the better. Popular education practices shift dominant power dynamics by unraveling the 'expert paradigm' and tapping into the capacity of groups to develop their own solutions to the problems they face.