EMPOWERMENT
Giving power to your vision
Step 1: The Good Stuff
I love the simplicity of my idea and how it’s a slightly different approach to creating change. My vision is based on how small changes/actions have the potential to bring about bigger changes.
Growing up in a multicultural city like Darwin, I found it surprising and somewhat disheartening to move and have to make a life for myself in a city like that of Sydney that is very multicultural, in the sense that there are many different racial groups and cultures, however very culturally segregated…divided… isolated. I believe that my vision is important as it will, hopefully, be a small beginning to changing this. To encourage everyday, ordinary people to find human compassion and to open themselves up/share a small part of themselves with someone who is of a different racial background.
Step 2: The Challenges
Monitoring and keeping track of who and how people are paying it forward may be a challenge.
Step 3: The Other Stuff
An idea suggested by Kelly Simpson for keeping track of who and how people are paying it forward is to create an ActNow card which is to be passed onto each person paying it forward. This card could include a short description of the Action Project, and website address where people can find more information and share their experiences.
I am thinking of creating a website page within the ActNow website or turning my own member page on ActNow into a site where people can learn about the Action Project, as well as follow it over time. This site could include a photo gallery (of those who have paid it forward), updates of how the Action Project is going and basically provide a place for people to share their experiences of how they paid it forward.
