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Sources of Power
This resource outlines four primary types of organizational and social influence—positional, referred, expert, and ideological—to help practitioners recognize and navigate power dynamics within their work.
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Resources for Collaboration and Power Sharing Between Government Agencies and Community Power-Building Organizations
This resource provides guidance to health departments on how to partner with Community Power-Building Organizations (CPBOs) to promote health equity. It includes four guides with activities aimed at building capacity...
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Power Analysis
This resource from the Othering & Belonging Institute provides a framework for conducting “power analysis” in research to shift influence toward marginalized communities and away from existing hierarchies. It offers...
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The Five Dimensions of Inside-Outside Strategy: A Guide for Public Health and Social Movements to Build Powerful Partnerships
This 2025 guide from Health in Partnership (formerly Human Impact Partners) provides a strategic framework for building durable and transformative collaborations between governmental public health institutions and community power-building organizations....
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Activities to Deepen Your Power-Building Analysis
This resource provides lessons, activities, and tools in assessing power and influence and how to engage in meaningful conversations about what it is, who holds it, and how to leverage...
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Turning Towards Each Other: A Conflict Workbook
This resource offers tools for navigating interpersonal conflict through transformative justice and collective healing. The guide focuses on building emotional safety, identifying triggers, and resolving harm without relying on punitive...
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Co-Governing Towards Multi-Racial Democracy, Partners in Dignity and Rights, Race Forward
This resource showcases community-led models of co-governance that align public systems with grassroots leadership to advance racial and economic justice. Through real-world examples like People’s Assemblies and worker-led enforcement, the...
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Five Dimensions Toolkit: Resources for Working with the Five Dimensions of Inside-Outside Strategy
This resource provides a structured framework and practical tools for public health and community power-building organizations to strengthen partnerships, navigate political dynamics, and implement strategies for transformative health equity and...
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La Caja de Herramientas de las Cinco Dimensiones: Recursos para trabajar con Las Cinco Dimensiones de la Estrategia Adentro-Afuera
Esta caja de herramientas ofrece un marco práctico y adaptable para que personas, organizaciones y alianzas analicen poder, equidad y contexto político, y desarrollen estrategias colaborativas efectivas usando las Cinco...
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The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership
The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership charts a pathway to strengthen and transform our local democracies. Leaders across multiple sectors, such as community-based organizations, local governments, philanthropic partners, and...
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Collaboration Multiplier
This resource is an interactive tool that helps organizations identify the right partners, align perspectives, and coordinate cross-sector actions toward a shared prevention goal.
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Design Justice Network Principles
This resource provides a community-centered framework for equitable, collaborative design that empowers people most affected by decisions and honors local and Indigenous knowledge.
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