Jody Williams on Activism

What if you really could change the world? Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize winner, firmly believes that each and every one of us can and should contribute to creating a better world. In this empowering RSA Short Jody explains why it is so important that we strive to make a difference.

Voice: Jody Williams
Production and Editing: Al Francis-Sears and Abi Stephenson

[lrweinmann]

I love that Jody says 'follow your passion' and 'your sense of indignation' because it will be different for everyone. I also love the concept that every act, no matter how small, contributes to a larger reverberation of change. Boy does the world need that!

[alisongeduldt]

very nice thank you! Thanks for coming putting your handprints on the wall in Oceanview .

[princegon]

Here is the script I write down every single words.
What has fueled my passion for change is righteous indignation at injustice.
Anybody can be an agent of change. All it really takes is finding what you feel most passion about. (I don't care what it is. It doesn't have to be a thing I care about.) If it is an issue that stirs your passion, and by working on it, you can contribute to the greater good - including for those who you do not necessarily like politically or ideologically. I think everybody should volunteer a couple of hours a month. People think that if they can tackle all the world's problems and make it all better overnight, there's no purpose.
I totally disbelieve that. I believe that every action really does contribute to change. And the power that each and every one of us has is to decide whether we want to be participants in creating the world we live in, or we choose - and this is also a choice that we pretend isn't - we CHOOSE to do nothing. People say, "I'm not interested in politics.". Every single thing we do is politics. Because the interaction of human being is politics writ large. I believe that we have to feel empowered to make that choice. If we choose to feel passion about something and do nothing, it is that you've chosen to do nothing. Believe me, there are other people who will step into that gap, take your power and use it to accomplish what they want.

[romanticreductionist]

I don't know why, but the greyhound cracks me up.

[srajo]

Nice talk. Politics is a part of our society and affects the world and our lives we want it or not.

[princegon]

I love this video. Where can I download its full script?

[_digital_dan]

Thank you RSA! You are great! I would really like to read the text beyond the image for your cartoons. Is this kind of help needed?

[terralynn]

Nice video, but: "All it really takes is finding what you feel the most passionate about…" Oh, is that all. I've been trying to figure out what I feel passionate about for years. :p

[thevirtuoso]

People try to change the world without being able to clean their god damn room

[CiprianIonut]

Good message spoke in a boring dead manner.

[lemurdog]

"Bone shortage around town" this made me laugh, in a society of dogs surely this would be a sign of a nearing of the end of the world.

[GhStSecurity]

the drawing was better :P people are not dogs lol!

[marvelleonline]

Can we get back to the drawing board, literally? Please RSA, it's hard to concentrate on the content while watching this crappy cartoon try to hold my attention. I'd rather watch the original speech, it could be just me, but I sincerely doubt that.