Visions: Power as Knowing Participation in Change

This article applies Barrett's theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change (PKPC) to teaching social justice advocacy to undergraduate college students. The author designed and implemented a seminar that integrated PKPC principles through experiential learning, multimedia resources, and reflective assignments, using the HIV advocacy movement as a case study to demonstrate how awareness, choice, intentional action, and involvement in change can address social inequities. Students created advocacy projects addressing contemporary social inequities by identifying a group power profile and developing a power prescription. The seminar demonstrated the potential of PKPC as a transformative framework for education and activism across disciplines.