Sharing Power

“In general, power-over oversteps the responsibility each person has to themselves or their collective; someone decides about something that is not theirs to decide.

The flip side of this also exists: if an individual (or a collective) doesn’t step into their individual power and defers to the others, it’s power-under. Thats when someone doesn’t use their power or believes/pretends that they don’t have any power. That’s when people complain instead of acting, when they cave in or sacrifice themselves."

Let's strive to have neither power-over or power-under in our communities. We all have the be on the lookout for it.

From a conflict definitions document from Spring Up.