How to Change It: Make a Difference

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Introducing the new 'How To...' series from #Merky Books: unlock your potential with our short, practical pocket-sized guides. How to Change It: your indispensable guide to activism Is it possible to create real change? How can we as individuals help to solve some of the biggest issues of today? How can we overcome injustice and inequality wherever we are? Where does power sit, and how can we get it? How to Change It provides the answers to these questions, and many more. In three simple steps - educate, organise and agitate - artist and organiser Joshua Virasami sets out several lessons for successful campaigning, drawing on the experience and actions of a number of activist and political movements, including Extinction Rebellion, Occupy and Black Lives Matter. Written by Joshua Virasami Introduced by Patrisse Cullors: artist, organiser and freedom fighter from Los Angeles and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She is the author of critically acclaimed When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. Designed to inspire and encourage readers to unlock their potential and provoke change, the How To series offers a new model in publishing, helping to break down knowledge barriers and uplift the next generation. Creatively presented and packed with clear, step-by-step, practical advice, this series is essential reading for anyone seeking guidance to thrive in the modern world. Curate your bookshelf with these collectible titles. FOREWORD BY PATRISSE CULLORS INTRODUCTION EDUCATE 1 KNOW YOURSELF 2 KNOW THE WORLD 3 KNOW THE PAST ORGANISE 4 FIND YOUR PEOPLE 5 FORM A STRATEGY 6 GET STRONG AGITATE 7 GET PROTESTING 8 GET TEACHING 9 GET FREE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ENDNOTES EVERYDAY RESOURCES NOTES