Commentary: Our world needs social change agents. Here’s how to be an effective activist
by Eboo Patel, Chicago Tribune
Jul 21, 2022
3 minutes
In my early years as an activist, I thought social change was about calling out all the ways that people in power were wrecking the world. Finding my voice meant telling other people what they were doing wrong, as loudly and self-righteously as possible.
I came of age in the mid-1990s, an era where the activist atmosphere had profound similarities to today. I recognize the “tear it down” energy of our moment, the critique-resist-defund-dismantle worldview.
I brought my own version
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