How to Share Decision-Making Power with the Communities You Serve
How to Share Decision-Making Power with the Communities You Serve
Learn how to move community voice from advisory to authoritative in organizational decisions.
About This Training
Most organizations consult communities without sharing real decision-making power. This training teaches participants how to recognize where power over community decisions concentrates in the organization and how to design structures that give community members genuine authority over the decisions that affect them. Drawing from design justice, community organizing, and liberatory design, participants will learn practical approaches to redistributing power rather than performing inclusion.
What You'll Learn
- The difference between community input, community consultation, and community authority
- How to map where decision-making power currently sits in your organization relative to the communities you serve
- How to design decision-making structures that give community members real authority, not just voice
- How to navigate internal resistance to sharing power
- How to sustain shared decision-making practices over time
Practical Takeaways
- A power map of your organization's current decision-making in relation to community
- A framework for assessing which decisions should involve community authority
- A set of design principles for building shared power structures
Designed for: Leaders, program directors, and staff in organizations that serve or partner with specific communities.