Rebecca Solnit: How Change Happens
Individual hearts and minds change; those who have been changed become aware of one another; still others are emboldened, in a contagion of boldness; the “impossible” becomes possible; immediately it is done, surprising the actors almost as much as their opponents; and suddenly, almost with the swiftness of thought—whose transformation has in fact
... See moreRebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
The crises are becoming clear even to those not being directly oppressed, or those directly organizing. And people are ready to stand up and dream of something different.
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Individual hearts and minds change; those who have been changed become aware of one another; still others are emboldened, in a contagion of boldness; the “impossible” becomes possible; immediately it is done, surprising the actors almost as much as their opponents; and suddenly, almost with the swiftness of thought—whose transformation has in fact
... See moreRebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Individual hearts and minds change; those who have been changed become aware of one another; still others are emboldened, in a contagion of boldness; the “impossible” becomes possible; immediately it is done, surprising the actors almost as much as their opponents; and suddenly, almost with the swiftness of thought—whose transformation has in fact
... See moreRebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
the more profound revolutions that had unfolded in our lifetimes, around race, gender, sexuality, food, economics, and so much more, the slow incremental victories that begin in the imagination and change the rules.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
