Using the Power Flower to Explore Identity

Use this tool to explore your own identities, start conversations about identity with others and begin thinking about the relationship between identity and power.

Why this course?

This course is for people who want to explore their own identities and discuss the relationship between social identity and power.

As a student, you will...

Learn how to use the Power Flower to explore your own identities.
Reflect on what identity means to you and how it plays out in society.
Share your insights with friends, colleagues, or in a closed online discussion.

We promise! This course is...

→ SHORT AND SWEET

We estimate that this course will take you 1 hour or less to complete.

→ GREAT FOR GROUPS

Ask a friend, colleague or team to sign up for this free course as well and let it start a conversation about the role identity plays in our lives.

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Course Curriculum

A message from your instructor
How to use this course
Guiding Beliefs and Invitations
Land Acknowledgement
Before we begin...
Power Flower Intro
Create Your Power Flower
Power Flower - Description and Instructions Part 1
Power Flower - Instructions Parts 2 and 3
Power Flower Reflection
Exploring Social Identity
Quick Quiz on Identity
Thank you!
Template: Complete Power Flower Workbook
More resources for you
Next steps...Justice at Work!
Before you go...

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Meet your instructor

Mia Henry

Mia Henry (she|her) is a nationally-recognized trainer, facilitator, and leadership coach. She is the CEO of Freedom Lifted, a company providing training, facilitation and coaching grounded in justice and equity. Previously, Mia was a founding director of the Chicago Freedom School and the executive director of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College. She has degrees from Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as knowledge informed by that which has been passed on from family and ancestors, extensive travel, and the many relationships she has nurtured in communities across the U.S.

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