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As we continue to offer more free programs at our RUPI HUB, we hope to see you at one or more of these!

We have a BIG vision for making the world a better place: “We inspire and support people in using their power ethically, with accountability, strength, and heart.”

AND we have step-by-step skills and practices for developing your power-wisdom.

YOU can become an advocate for better use of power today….start by taking the free into course or the power positive quiz at www.rightuseofpower.org

Worthy of note: As our global health gets more dire, there is also a groundswell of interest in Power for Good, as Edward Felsenthal, Editor of Time Magazine refers to it in announcing the TIME100 poll results for 2022. “Our hope is that the TIME100 list is not simply a recognition of influence but a study in how influence can be wielded. This year saw advocates for equality and human rights responding to unprecedented pressures. . . . If crisis is going to unite us, we must find within ourselves that same empathy [demonstrated by many of the leaders on the list. These leaders remind us] that we all have the option to use our powers for good.”

In addition, Julie Diamond, see her guest article below, organized a remarkable conference bringing together 650 people who are charged up to use their power and influence wisely and well. Dr. Amanda Aguilera and Cedar joined a host of excellent presenters, giving a program on the Social Dynamics of Power Differential Relationships. It was heartening to see/hear/feel power being talked about by people from multiple locations around the world

SMALL BUT MIGHTY CORRECTION

In the May newsletter, the title of one of the book recommendations from our Board of Directors said “The Profit” instead of “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. Our apology to our Board Member, Ren Feldman.

Upcoming Webinars

Tuesday, June 21st from 1-2 mountain time: A Conversation on Sexuality and RUP, a webinar with Dr. Maci Daye

Join us for a thought-provoking look at sexuality through the lens of RUP.

In this session, sex therapist Maci Daye will discuss how sex positivity and mindfulness can help us reclaim sexual sovereignty, enhance pleasure, and empower partners in long-term relationships. We will look at collective and systemic misuses of power, explore examples of the under and overuse of power in couple relationships, and consider ways to consciously and effectively use our personal power in sexual spaces.

Dr. Maci Daye is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Certified Therapist and Trainer of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. Since 2010, she has led her popular retreat series Passion and Presence® in the USA, Europe, and Australia. Shambhala Publications released her book, Passion and Presence: A Couple’s Guide to Mindful Sex and Awakened intimacy in 2020.

Thursday June 30 from 1-2 mountain time: Reframing Hierarchy, webinar with Dr. Cedar Barstow and RUPI Board Member, Farzin Farzad

Hierarchy has a bad rep these days. We want power-with, not power-over. We want to flatten the hierarchy. We’re thinking about shared power and non-hierarchical organizational structures. In this webinar, we’ll be looking at what can happen when we try to avoid hierarchy or disown role power. We will talk about how we can reframe hierarchy so that it can support organizational and leadership growth. What are the characteristics and practices that will help? As Steven Blader puts it: “Hierarchy is a fundamental element of social life. It emerges spontaneously and gives order and co-ordination to the dynamics within social collectives.” This would be what could be called a collaborative hierarchy. We’ll look at how this kind of hierarchy can empower leaders and followers and clarify the separation of role and personal powers.

Julie Diamond on Upgrading Hierarchy

Guest article: Julie Diamond on Upgrading Hierarchy

This article is good reading for our webinar on Reframing Hierarchy. Julie notes, as we have in Right Use of Power, that organizations are doing a lot of experimenting with ways of flattening the hierarchy. She poses the question: There is a good case for flat organizations, but should organizations replace hierarchies altogether? We will be exploring this topic in our webinar, looking at not just organizational hierarchy, but in pair relationships in which there is a role power difference. Here’s the link!

https://diamondleadership.com/upgrading-hierarchy/

CORE and TEACHER TRAINING

July 2022!

Don’t forget to sign up for our Core and Teacher trainings coming up this July!

Our Core training will be taking place July 10th, 11th, 14th, and 15th from 10:00am-2:00pm (Mountain/Denver) each day. The cost is $350. 100% online this training is exactly what this world needs to grow more aware of their power.

Our Teacher Training will build on the Core training and prepare you to train this valuable information. It encompasses the Teacher training dates, plus additional days to take your learning deeper. This 9 month course grows and prepares you to share RUP with the world.

RUP Part 2!

Tuesday July 5 from 11-12:30pm mountain time. Right Use of Power: Phase 2.

Developing Communities of Practice for Navigating and Transforming Social Power Dynamics

Are you ready for deepening your Right Use of Power practice? Join Drs. Cedar Barstow and Amanda Aguilera for an exciting announcement of Right Use of Power’s evolution! We will be sharing a plan for the roll-out of our new curriculum in status, collective, and systemic power to be co-created with RUP teachers who have expertise in these areas. You will also get the opportunity to see the initial pedagogical structure of RUP phase 2, ask questions, and engage in discussion.

For everyone already training in and teaching Right Use of Power, this next phase is especially for you! Take your learning further, deepen your understanding, engage and grow with us. This session will be recorded if you are not able to attend live. We look forward to working to uncovering more layers of Right Use of Power together.

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