The Everyday Activist
“Activism is the rent I pay
for living on the planet.”
~ Alice Walker
I love this quote because it says exactly what I believe. We are privileged to live on this beautiful planet and with that privilege comes responsibility. As I see it, our responsibility as global citizens is to leave this world better than we found it. Even just a tiny bit.
We don’t think that the few minutes we can spend each day or week will matter. I know that not to be true. You have power. While you’re not going to change the whole world by yourself, our cumulative actions will.
Finding your path to activism means finding your way of making a difference.
Activist burnout is real. It happens when we don’t factor in who we are and what our actual capacity is. Not the capacity we think we should have but the capacity we do have. Find a way of activism that you can sustain. We have to be realistic about our capacity at this moment in our life, because capacity isn’t static, it expands and contracts.
Begin with easy steps:
Start by figuring out what kind of activist you naturally are. Take the Activist Archetype Quiz.
Then have a look around. Check out the list of Causes if you’re not sure where you want to get involved.
Check out the ever expanding lists of Books
Links to Organizations that are doing great work in the world.
Here are some other Great Podcasts for Activists to listen to.
My Personal Activist Playlist (songs that keep me going)
Again, remember my rule, only two. There is a lot of need out there and there’s a lot of information here. It’s easy to get overwhelmed. Pick one cause to engage with, two at the most.
If something happens that makes you decide you need to get involved in a new cause, e.g., babies in cages at the U.S. southern border bumped one of my other causes down the list, that’s fine. Just remember Noah.
The nature of this work is that things shift and our attention can move. You’ll likely have a core cause and other causes that you are also passionate about. I care about a lot of things but I limit my structured activism.
Ready to go deeper into the work? Work with me.
I speak and offer classes on:
Everyday Activism
Activism for Introverts and Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs)
Creating Your Customized Activist Roadmap
For more information on any of the above or to discuss a custom talk for your group please fill out this form.
I am so happy that you are on this activist journey with me and millions of others around the world. My goal is to help you stay in action so, please, reach out if you need support.
Together we can move the world towards justice.
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