Petal Power: Empowering The Flower Lovers Of Tazewell

Webthe power flower illustrates our social identities and the ways in which we experience power, privilege, and oppression in society in intersecting ways.

Each petal of the flower.

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Webinterpersonal relations within your group:

Notice who has fewer matching petals and thus less social power, and who has more.

How can you turn this knowledge to advantage.

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The visual shows a flower with 16 petals labelled in clockwise order from the top:

Race, ethnic group, language, religion, education, family, social class, age.

Each “row” of petals represents a specific social identity.

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L on the inner most petal, write your own identities (for education, as an example, if grade 12.