How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change

An interview & book giveaway with Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly about their new book, Somebody Should Do Something

The question of how to create large-scale social change is one of the biggest challenges of our time. The world seems so polarized and long-standing systemic issues require immense cooperation and agreement to even start to think up plans to make the world a better place. In their new book, Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone can Help Create Social Change, philosophy professors Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva and Daniel Kelly tell the stories of revolutionaries around the world from the US Temperance Movement to modern-day climate activists. They analyze the effectiveness of these changemakers’ actions, discuss coalition building and explain the importance of shared social identities for building group solidarity.

“Some activists say that the antidote to despair is action. This is good advice, but adding one word would make it better: the antidote to despair is taking action together. Creating community is the building block of social change.”

In their interview below, they offer a…