Yes You Can!: Your Guide to Becoming an Activist (Paperback)

from SeriousGrace

Right away I have to say I wouldn't have classified this as "juvenile" literature. The language might be a little simplistic, definitely geared toward young adults, but the message is something we should all sit up and take notice of no matter what our age: if the world around you makes you sick ...

from sdunford

I'm a community organizer by trade, and very passionate about what I do. And since I'm entering my "golden years" and seeing the need to pass-on what I've learned I was very excited to get this book. I read through it the first day, and put it down, very disappointed. There is no doubt that the b...

from JRlibrary

The subtitle of this book is, Your Guide to Becoming an Activist, and I think that if the book is geared to people who are not yet activists, this will not be the book that jump starts them. The focus on very large organizations would be overwhelming to someone who is just considering "doing some...

from KhrystiBooks

The book jacket reads "A step-by-step guide to successful social change." I don't quite know if that's accurate. While this book offers a look at the process activism usually follows, there are less direct strategies and more stories of activists. There are a few helpful exercises, however. I lik...

from cmcvittie

Drake and Love lay out an easy to read, "how-to" for becoming a young activist. Each chapter is a step in the process and includes the story of the founding of a major activist movement, background for the strategy, one simple "how-to", and where the activist movement mentioned at the beginning i...