WORD OF THE DAY
Empowerment is the power granted by one person or institution to another. The government can grant empowerment to a department to effect change, or a person can grant empowerment to her lawyer to sign contracts on her behalf.
In the US of the 1950s and 60s, there were a number of groups that sought empowerment against oppression. Some of these included the Civil Rights Movement, led by a number of powerful members including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During this period, César Chávez worked for the rights of Latinos and farm workers. There were a number of other empowerment movements as well, each working to gain power for an oppressed group.
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Vocabulary lists containing empowerment
President Trump delivered his second State of the Union Address on February 5, 2019. The President broadly outlined his agenda on both foreign and domestic issues. Here are 25 vocabulary words drawn from the President's address. The full transcript of the speech can be found here.
This list highlights the vocabulary of the Peace Corps, an American service program where trained volunteers assist developing countries in various areas of community service. When in college, look into it!
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This list focuses on designing adaptive organizations (Part 3, Chapter 9). Here are links to all the chapters in Part 3, Organizing: Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12 Here are links to all the parts of the textbook published by South-Western Cengage Learning: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
