More Than Just the Faithful Few

A common struggle in the non-profit world, be in organizations, groups, agencies, or churches is getting people involved. How do we as agents passionate about social change engage more than the faithful few our organizations are blessed to have? How do you plan a successful action that reaches out and sparks the interest of those not a part of your task force? How do we collectively raise the social conscience of our neighborhoods, communities, cities, and even our nation? How do we awaken the activist, the motivator, even the optimist that lie dormant  in the people today? Each of us has a passion that lies within, some more in touch with that passion than others. But for those others, how do we get them to recognize their own passions, and understand the value of acting on these passions? How do we get them to act on those angers that lie deep within?

Organizing.

While I believe organizing addresses so many of those issues listed above, we too are sometimes stuck in the same position as other organizations of only having the faithful few. We have to make sure that the work we are doing is reaching out to those who are not the faithful few, so that it becomes the faithful many. If we really want justice and change in our society and even in the world, we have to become the faithful many, because the power lies in the masses!