Am I going to tuck this under the rug and pretend that I don’t know what’s going on? Or am I going to become a moral change agent within my institution and rally like-minded people around me, coalescing our power to bring about institutional change?
Source: Yes Magazine
Part of our problem is that our major institutions are often so complex that outsiders who want to hold them accountable have little access... We all know what happened when so very few insiders were willing to say what they knew.
We need people within these institutions to act as moral agents, watching out for the best interests of those who are supposed to be served and of society at large...
... Institutional change doesn’t come about simply through the actions of courageous whistle-blowers. It happens through the formation of communities of people who have a shared moral concern and who can provide encouragement, resources, and protection for each other. That way, the whistle-blower isn’t so easily picked off and hung out to dry
I don’t know of any great movement that hasn’t depended on base communities to sustain individuals in the demanding work of social change.
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