Today I got the chance to facilitate a workshop with 200+ students.
It was a crazy challenge.
We had kids from 5th grade all the way up to High School, in a theater, talking about being active citizens and developing social responsibility.
There’s a program organized by the local government that tries to get students involved in the community by making them submit a proposal and organize a rally with their ideas to get elected so they can implement their vision.
Our job was to help students understand why that mattered.
And we did…sort of.
You see, our main point (and we’re willing to die on that hill) is this:
Being an active citizen and developing a sense of social responsibility is something that transcends governments, companies and organizations. Is something that each one of us can (and should) have! It’s not about implementing megalomaniac projects but to do small things that can actually make a difference in your community.
I mean, that’s one of the basic ideas for a Modern Golden Age.
Each one of us using our internal and external resources in order to have a positive impact on the people around us, scaling that, while remaining truthful to the original values.
So start small, but start today.
so cool - must have been awesome for them! young people deserve so much love and encouragement to know that what they do matters to the people around them. with the negativity bias of news and the general shitstorm we've baked on earth, it can be very hard for young people to keep hope alive and take the small steps forward that build into something beautiful and real. They're are lucky to have a teacher like you illustrating the magic of a simple step 🥏
Yes, starting small is so important! So is maintaining the discipline to keep it up consistently, and the more grounded and realistic the aim, the more likely it won't be aborted once challenges pile up. Most importantly, even very small successes over a long time lead to positive impact no matter what. I guess this is something that doesn't get emphasized enough; I wish it were!