Year Of Action

Through discomfort.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/06/what-learned-sleeping-rough-london

Case in point. 

An actual study! Data! 

A punchy headline but an encouraging theory well worth exploring. 

“Research indicates that when people engage more effortfully, they are more receptive and more likely to remember whatever they decide. It's a simple matter of time and effort."

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/is-it-possible-to-cure-prejudice-and-racism

Taking a look at the make-up of the teams behind politicians to understand policy-making and balance in UK politics is an important exercise. 

BuzzFeed’s Marie Le Conte does this over here, and includes some great insights from Ayesha Hazarika:

“Movements are born in the moments when abstract principles become concrete concerns.” 

An interesting read on the foundations of campaigns that drive change - Jelani Cobb writing in The New Yorker. And the role of purpose and focus. 

Yes, @suzanne_moore!

“Go find the places where you can make a difference – local campaigns or issues that you feel strongly about. Campaign, volunteer, organise. Fighting isn’t always dramatic. It is about many of us doing these small things.Once you turn and face the world and become involved, then you will be with other people. Complicated, flawed, lovely, argumentative people. This indeed is what the world is.”