What is Empowerment? Community Psychology Core Principles and Key Concepts

empowerment is an ongoing process through which those who do not have an equal allocation of resources gain increasing access to resources notice several aspects of this definition it is relational it involves a disempowered group who lacks access and control over resources and they're gaining relatively more access and control over those resources empowerment also involves multiple ecological levels at the individual level empowerment is about thoughts emotions and behaviors at the level of setting or organization it looks like reciprocal helping and mutual influence how does an individual or a disadvantaged group gain access to resources they work

together on shared goals that's how empowerment often happens through alliances and shared initiatives think of one light bulb it cannot produce a lot of light but if it gathers with a lot of its friends then it can have real power and make a difference that's empowerment going from not having enough power to do something to getting more power so that you can do what you have to do to gain access to the resources you need empowerment also sometimes means dismantling unjust and oppressive systems and advocating for the rights of those who are not hurt what

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