Ep 74: The Problem with Leadership in Social Justice Spaces
Podcast: Interrupting Business As UsualPublished On: Sun Apr 26 2026
Description: You don't have a leadership problem. You have a how you think about leadership problem. Every time harm happens in activist spaces, we ask: Who allowed this person to lead? But we don't ask: Why were we organizing ourselves around them in the first place? In this episode, Nikki breaks down how leadership models in social justice spaces concentrate power, recreate harm, and keep us stuck in the same cycles. In This Episode Why charismatic leaders are often a red flag, not a solution How movements recreate hierarchy instead of dismantling it The danger of outsourcing your power and critical thinking Why visibility gets mistaken for integrity What it actually means to practice shared power and accountability Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything. Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak
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