Analyzing How Collective Empowerment Works

By Daniel Turner


The best way to truly push for a movement to work is to simply empower each individual as a collective when it comes to the sole purpose of a movement. This is also known as the phenomenon of collective empowerment and it runs on the concept of power from high numbers. Here are some things to think about when analyzing this phenomenon.

The empowering of certain groups is really what has led to certain movements such as the LGBT, the animal rights groups, and the environmental groups. These groups are usually either an oppressed group or a group of people wherein the individuals feel a strong advocacy toward. When the single individuals band together, they empower each other through common objectives and become a single entity.

However, most people will not have much clout to make that difference if he or she is by himself. In general, humans fear rejection and may also fear being ridiculed by opposition if there is no one else out there with support. By being in a group though, one can significantly become more empowered simply because he or she feels there are others out there who can act as support.

If there are even more people in the group, then each individual can draw strength from each other. Take the recent rally in Hong Kong wherein several young citizens rallied against the Chinese extradition bill. Many people came together empowered by a singular cause looking for a change against a bigger entity that supposedly made a move that goes against the country integrity.

Their unity as a whole not only came from the strong feelings the people had toward the bill but also through the sheer numbers they were able to collect for the rally. Because of the numbers, the people who participated in the rally actually drew power from each other for the singular cause. That is one of the finest examples of having strength in big numbers.

However, group empowerment does not also necessary need to be just about protesting a certain movement or advocacy. It can also be about empowering people who have certain interests to share their passion with other people who have the same interests. For example, people who like a certain kind of art may not feel empowered to pursue such passions if they feel that nobody will be interested anyway.

If one is into a particular art form that no one else around him or her does not seem to be interested in, then he or she will not really be that empowered to really pursue it. But if one finds a group of people that actually have the same interest as he or she does, then he or she will obviously be more encouraged to pursue the art form since many others share the passion.

The empowering of a collective is an extremely powerful thing, especially if the group grows in size and many individuals stay loyal to it. If one is part of a group that empowers its people, then one will also feel a power for the cause of the group. So one can imagine if all of the members in the group or the community feel exactly the same way to the point that they feel they can move mountains.




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