By all means, start a community... but have a call to action to go with it.
By all means, start a community... but have a call to action to go with it.
Presumably if I am alone in my passion for the subject then no-one will ever comment/reply/email/express their agreement.
If however lots of people start to agree, to put their hands up and say they feel the same, then I can take a next step which is I'm guessing to do what you say which is to define a call to action - but what would that be, can you suggest?
You don't have to wait for others to agree with you. Part of activism is making other people aware of an issue and inspiring passion about it.
> If however lots of people start to agree, to put their hands up and say they feel the same, then I can take a next step which is I'm guessing to do what you say which is to define a call to action - but what would that be, can you suggest?
The book Playbook For Progress: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer has a detailed description of how activism works. It isn't theoretical - the author founded the Bus Rider's Union (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_Riders_Union_(Los_Angeles)).