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Effective Interactions
Supremacist Power and Liberatory Power
From: The Power Manual
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There are three core propositions in chapter 1, Effective Interactions, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and bell hooks: (1) that there are both supremacist and liberatory ways to act out power, (2) that liberatory power is real power, and (3) that one can access liberatory power by fine-tuning one’s consciousness. Power is relational; it plays out in interactions. Structures, rules, and systems are the artifacts of our interactions. Therefore, useful liberation practices focus on effective interactions — in which we seek mutuality and egalitarian interactions and refuse powerless identities.
Contributors
Cyndi Suarez
Cyndi Suarez works with leaders in nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and social movements, including most recently the Movement for Black Lives. She helps social change leaders move from struggle to flow by helping them build elegant ideas and structures. She has a MS in Nonprofit Management from Southern New Hampshire University, and studied Feminist Theory at the New School for Social Research. Suarez is Senior Editor at Nonprofit Quarterly, the leading nonprofit journal. She lives in Boston, MA.
