Resisting Pressures

When the old is dying but the new has not been born yet a great variety of morbid symptoms appear Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) (paraphrased) Of course, transition is not going to happen without the system fighting back. The first challenge when trying to address this...

Making Change

Once again, this stage is divided into two parts: suggestions that can facilitate the process when making a change oneself, and suggestions that may encourage others to join the process of evolution and make a change too. Oneself Being strategic: You can change the...

Challenges On The Way

As with the previous stage, this step is also divided into personal challenges on the one hand, and, on the other, interpersonal challenges that may crop up among those already engaged. Let’s start again with possible challenges within ourselves, because if they...

Engaging With Change

The most common way people give up power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker, author and activist In this part we will start with engaging oneself, and then turn to engaging others. Engaging oneself If you are at this point in reading Social...