© Ekua Holmes

Empowered Communities disrupting PERSONAL

Delivering opportunities for individuals

Empowered communities impact individuals by providing opportunity. Access to opportunities—educational, creative, financial, and other—enable us to pursue self-actualization. When deeply grounded in self, individuals are empowered and strengthened in their work to deconstruct systems of oppression.

This can look like:

  • Pursuit of one’s talents and potentials
  • Delivering opportunity and access
  • Empowerment to deconstruct policies and institutions
  • Access to learning and training opportunities 

Consider:

  • How do we hold our own identities?
  • How do we make time and space for our own self-actualization?

Assessment Questions

Is this an area of priority for you?

How important to your organization is delivering opportunities for individuals?

This is less important to our mission
This is of growing importance to our mission
This is very important to our mission

How strong is your organization at delivering opportunities for individuals?

We're not strong at this yet
We're building strength here
This is a clear strength

Examples:

This group is known for creating space, developing open-source tools, and convening community