Future Community Changers Club

Organizing has everything to do with power and shifting relationships of power. Power is the ability to control our circumstances and make things happen outside of ourselves. People can exercise power by making decisions for themselves and influencing others in their circles. Not everyone has equal access to the positions of power where decisions are made, however. Throughout history, entire groups of people have been left out––or marginalized–– from those circles and spaces where meaningful decisions are made. Over time, these decisions are reinforced by the systems built up around them, making them part of our reality long after individual decision makers have departed.

Future Community Changers Activists can challenge the power imbalances in our society through organizing. 

Organizing is the process of building power as a group and using this power to create positive change in people’s lives. As an individual, it is difficult to accumulate the amount of influence needed to change the systems of power that govern people’s lives. As a group, however, we can multiply our own influence with the influence of others to shift power relations and create change.

Topics covered:

• Valuing community wisdom
• Intersectionality as a student and community member
• Finding and developing community partnerships
• Conquering organizing conflict
• The art of activism
• Non-Violence and stress management techniques
• Using Social Media for positive change