Tag: skills

• 16 Capacities to Change the World

  After more than a decade of teaching people around the world how to do it, I’ve decided to share this list of key skills, abilities, knowledge, and dispositions. They’re based off my life as I’ve worked for social justice, and they are what I’ve seen consistently in my mentors, heros, and students. These capacities make the difference between people who talk about changing the world and people who actually change the world.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  April 26, 2022

  action, adult allies, assessment, civic engagement, coaching, CommonAction, community engagement, community service, democracy, empowerment, engagement, Freechild, personal development, personal engagement, social change, society, student engagement, student training facilitation, student voice, Students, systems change, technical assistance, Theory, tip sheet, workshop, workshops, youth, youth action, youth development, youth empowerment, youth engagement, Youth involvement, youth leadership, Youth Voice, Youth Work, youth-led

  knowledge, personal capacity, skills, social change

• Selling Ourselves

  Tonight on Facebook, my friend Lilian Kelian shared her sadness about people who relate to each other through interpersonal hegemony. I thought about it a while… Is the growing phenomenon of interpersonal hegemony the deep impact of neoliberalism on our personal and collective psyche? The word hegemony means dominance; interpersonal hegemony is when we try to dominate others with […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 11, 2014

  community, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, Neoliberalism, Reflection, social change, society

  culture, knowledge, skills, social change, society