Inspired to Action: How Young Changemakers Can Shape Their Communities and the World

The ideal book for young people wanting to make a positive difference in the world.

While many teens, college students, and young professionals are passionate about social issues?whether climate change or gun violence, hunger or homelessness, or any other of the countless difficulties which face our world today?and want to help, enthusiasm alone is not enough to make a meaningful impact. But effective advocacy and activism can be learned, and with the right tools, achieving positive social change is possible.

Inspired to Action: How Young Changemakers Can Shape Their Communities and the World provides readers with the knowledge and tools they need to turn passion into effective action. From the basics of how civic engagement and political participation form the framework for lasting social change, to learning how nonprofit organizations function and whether to consider starting one, this book gives young people the background they need to find their place in the world of social activism. With practical