“The Right Use of Power” - CoP with Tejumo Ogouma - In-Person Event
Tue, Feb 27
|CICR at Saint-Paul U, Ottawa
Join us for our next in-person Community of Practice on February 27 at 6:30 pm, where Tejumo Ogouma will guide us through “The Right Use of Power - Using Power to Create Positive Change.” This free workshop is open to all leaders, managers, and peace practitioners, especially our TPN graduates.
Time & Location
Feb 27, 2024, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
CICR at Saint-Paul U, Ottawa, 223 rue Main Street, Saint Paul University L207, Ottawa, ON K1S 1C4, Canada
About the event
The Right Use of the Power – Using Power to Create Positive Change.
In a world in turmoil, it is easy to associate power with the abuses of power we witness daily in our personal and professional lives, politics, the news, and social media. This is not only disheartening, but it erodes our trust.
Yet when power is paired with wisdom, compassion, and courage, it becomes the ability to initiate positive change. The Right Use of Power is power with ethics. It provides us with the view and the tools to move toward a greater understanding of power dynamics and self-awareness of our use of power.
This interactive and experiential workshop introduces the basic principles of the Right Use of Power. It includes talks and practical exercises. Participants are asked to bring a “power object” (i.e. scarf, stone, artifact or any object that is meaningful to them and gives them…