This workshop is the second in a three-part series examining how we create change and challenge systems of oppression. In this session, participants will explore the dynamics of power—how it operates from the top down and the bottom up—and the implications of each for leadership, advocacy, and collective action. The session invites critical reflection on how power is exercised within our organisations and communities, and how individual and organisational positionality influence priorities, strategies, and outcomes in social change efforts.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• To understand how power operates within systems, communities, and movements.

• To differentiate between top-down and bottom-up power and their roles in creating change.

• To reflect on personal and organisational positionality and its impact on priorities and strategies.

• To analyse how power dynamics shape leadership, collaboration, and advocacy.

• To develop awareness of how power can be redistributed to support equity and collective liberation.

These sessions were developed with funding from Transgender Victoria’s Peer Support Program.