Command/control and transactions are one way to run things. In such systems people are instruments. This SSIR piece speaks to a more human-centered and inclusive way to go. It is a deeper and more rooted way that is also harder to dismantle as well.
“We had to trust that youth really knew what the biggest problems were and what the most important solutions would be. And we had to trust that they were the ones with the deep expertise here. This was a sea change, particularly for the adults in schools who had positions of authority and great power over students. For them, learning to trust student voice and wisdom was a deeply rooted challenge.” https://lnkd.in/eJu-tS9y Californians for Justice (CFJ), a community-organizing group devoted to building power for marginalized youth within the public education system, has significantly increased the representation and voice of young people at decision-making tables in schools and at district and state levels. In SSIR’s Winter ‘24 Issue, John Kania and Juanita Zerda of Collective Change Lab take an in-depth look at CFJ and its approaches to building power and creating systems change through relationships: “CFJ’s approach to fostering relational and collective power aims to make transformation everyone’s responsibility.” #Education #Equity #Power #Relationships #SystemsChange
