U. Next Steps

In this Chapter:

Since there typically is not time for reports or discussion in the last session, this last collection only has two overview articles that everyone should read.

Study Questions

  1. What does it mean to be a social change activist?
  2. What should you and/or your group do next?

Overview Articles U

11 pages total

“Active Nonviolence: Heroes for an Unheroic Time,” by Carol Estes, Yes! Magazine, Spring 2006, 6 p.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/10-most-hopeful-trends/active-nonviolence-heroes-for-an-unheroic-time

Thousands of ordinary people across the nation and around the world have stopped waiting for their political leaders to lead and taken the initiative themselves.

“Be a Winner,” by Eric Patton, ZNet, April 30, 2007, 5 p.

http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/8645 No longer available here.

or

http://www.alay.com/hist1856.html

Changing yourself, or changing the world, starts inside you. And you can do it. Pep talk for potential activists.

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Additional Resources

Organizations

Leading U.S. Progressive Organizations

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