DISENGAGEMENT: WHEN BLACK ELK’S CIRCLE IS BROKEN

One of the keystones of transformative organizing is healing the hurt that causes young people to disengage.  The “big picture” for this is found in words of Black Elk (1863-1950), an Oglala Sioux Holy Man, who said, “The Power of the World always works in circles …the life of a man is a circle … and so it is in everything where power moves.” Disengaged behavior in young people is a sign that they have lost faith in...

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