Sally Kohn

Leaving the '60s Behind

As I noted in a post a few days ago, Sally Kohn wrote an editorial that was published in the Christian Science Monitor arguing that online activism is limited in its potential for impacting large-scale social change. I among others disagreed with her assessment. Sally responded yesterday in a thorough and thoughtful post on Daily Kos.

I am glad to see her articulate that social change encompasses both online and on land activism. I have always believed this, and most folks I know who are passionate about social change believe it as well. However, the key sentence that led me to push back against her argument is exacerbated in her old-style thinking about social change. Read more »

Do Millennials Believe in Individualism or Collective Action?

Sally Kohn, a writer and moving force behind the Movement Vision Lab for the Center for Community Change, wrote an editorial published in the Christian Science Monitor on what she sees as the limitations of Millennial activism: individual action over collective action. Read more »

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