How to Be a Social Change Agent

There was a television series that was a big hit beginning in 1966. It had a trademark scene that would open up with a man receiving a clandestine message about an evil problem. This series called "Mission Impossible" always had the leader decide to accept the mission. He always worked with a team.

Today, we need real live Change Agents who will accept a mission for making the world better where they can. This article offers practical steps to get started.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Communication (phone or internet)

1. 
    

   Get fed up with seeing the suffering of others growing -without your responding to help.

2. 
    

   Care about others the way you would like them to care about you.

3. 
    

   Find your area of interest and commitment. See the link to my article about finding your area of service.

4. 
    

   Assess your time, talents and treasures that you are willing to commit for a set period of time.

5. 
    

   Contact a non-profit organization or church in your community that could benefit from your skills, gifts, etc. Commit to contributing a set amount of time, donations, etc.

Tips & Warnings

• You don't have to stay with that organization or cause, as long as you give something.
• You may not even get a Thank You, but you will feel good knowing that you did your part to make a change in someone's life for the better.
• You might find this grassroots philanthropy to become habit forming.

Resources

• My Resources

[creshanda]

on 6/2/2009 Great article 5*

[MyJB]

on 5/25/2009 What a good idea - change agents. Nice article.

[cb4me]

on 5/6/2009 Highly motivational advice!

[marcelle1011]

on 4/26/2009 Really enjoyed this! :)

[Tehilliahwriter]

on 3/28/2009 I really enjoyed this piece. I'm working aggressively towards ultimately becoming a social change agent!! Superbly written 5*'s. Blessings and Favor