Changemaking
From Home
Activity guide for leading young
from your kitchen table
No matter where you are on yourchangemaking journey, everyone canbe driving solutions to solve today's
most pressing challenges.

A Global Movement
Ashoka is leading the Everyone a Changemaker
Movement. You are invited to join us!

What is a changemaker?
Anyone who takes action to address a problem or create
an opportunity, activate others, and work towards
solutions for the good of all.
Check out this video to learn
about the Everyone aChangemaker Movement!

Why be a changemaker?
Our world is rapidly changing – and we all experience this change
every day. The unprecedented moment we are living in challenges
us to rethink how we are contributing towards a happier,healthier, and more equitable world. Instead of being driven bychange, we must all adapt to and drive change.
Sometimes when we spot a problem, we immediately think“someone else will fix that, it’s their job.” But actually it’s often up
to you, to us, to step up with a solution — and, turns out, this isgood news. You have a voice, and a choice. to step up and lead.
Give yourself permission to embrace your inner power!

Before Getting Started:
Five Questions to Ask Yourself

1What gives
you hope?
In a time of challenge, startwith what motivates you
about today's world. Whatinspires you to take action?

Who inspires
you?

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We all need role models tolook up to. Who in yourlife inspires you to create
positive change?

What
opportunities
already exist?
Think about what resources
you have: time, talent, asocial network, etc.

Who cansupport you?
No matter what you
want to do to createchange, it is important tohave allies.

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What isstopping you?
The best time to be achangemaker is rightnow. Why wait?

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Examples ofChangemakers

Read about 8 young people
who are leading us forward
during a time of crisis.
Get inspired by Carlla, a youngchangemaker from Brazil
Hint: Press "CC" for English Subtitles

Receive regular updates
from young changemakers inAshoka's network

Immediate Actions
Ideas for creating postive change
in your community this week.

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Delivery groceries for a neighbor
Run an errand for an elderly or higher-risk neighbor so they
don't need to leave their home. Help someone sign-up forgrocery deliveries or order take-out.

Tutor peers or younger students
Help your peers or younger students adjust to distancelearning. Offer virtual tutoring sessions or homework
help for students at your school.

Donate blood
Due to global blood shortages and cancelled blood
drives, your community may be in need of donations.
Check with your local donation center to sign up.

Support local businesses
Order food for yourself or a friend, buy a gift card, tip yourservice workers extra, or offer your services or social feed to a
local business to help promote their products online.

Thank our healthcare workers
Donate food, sew masks, promote local fundraisers, and#StayAtHome if you can. Small acts of kindness for your cousin,neighbor, or friend who works in healthcare can go a long way.

Connect across generations
Reach out to your elderly neighbor or retirement center to"adopt a grandparent." Build social connectivity during atime of physical isolation.

Tips & Tricks
Find inspiration from others
Stories can help inspire us to take action while providing helpful howto's and lessons learned. There are lots of ways young people getstarted on their unique changemaking journeys - read and watch
stories of changeamakers here for more.

Do your research on the problem
Ask questions. Dive deep into the root causes of the problem.
What systems are broken as a result of this change? Whatinequalities exist today because of this problem?

Ask your friends to get involved
Building a team around a shared cause. Invite others to join you,contribute new ideas, and create change, together. No one can change
the world alone.

Embrace your inner power
Everyone has the power to create positive change, no matter how
big or small. Start off small, try something out, and reiterate. You
will never know unless you try.

Create positive news
Write about another changemaker's journey for inspiration.
How did they get started? Who supported them?
Check out our toolkit for writing a changemaker story.

Tips & Tricks
Share your story
What has your journey to changemaking been like? Share your story toinspire others. Tag @Ashoka and use #ChangemakingFromHome so
we can follow your journey!

Find adult allies
Changemaking isn't easy. Find adults who will encourage you tocreate, reiterate, and fail forward. When adults enable young people
to be changeamkers, they become a changemaker, too.

Start with your passion
What are you passionate about? What social issue fires you up? There
are lots of challenges in today's world, but start with the solution thatyou are most interested in pursuing.

Give yourself permission
Failure is a vital part of the process. Give yourself permission to failand try again. Surround yourself with people who will give you theconfidence boost you need to keep pushing forward.

Looking for more tips?
Check out this Changemaker Toolkit for morereflection questions and ideas for getting started.

Take a Bigger Step
Ideas for taking your changemakerjourney to the next level.

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Embrace your social channels
Make videos about why it is important to be staying at
home or tips on how to stay healthy and positive.
Fight the spread of misinformation by sharing facts andtips for spotting fake news.
Spread positive content with stories of changemakers
who are offering us hope and solutions.

2Create a changemaking routine
Set up a regular tutoring time every weekend. Informstudents at your school to sign up for tutoring slots.
Encourage three friends to do the same.
Volunteer 5 hours a week with a local nonprofit to help
with food drives, call centers, social media, virtual
workshops, or other skills you have on a weekly basis.
Set up a local delivery system with your friends to regularly
provide groceries or meals to those in need.

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Build virtual solidarity
Host a webinar on a specific social issue or subject matterthat interests you.
Set up a Facebook Live conversation with changemakers inyour area to source more ideas for creating change.
Set up book or podcast clubs to read, learn, and share
together. Coordinate a group to read books to young kids
or invite elderly community members to join in, too.

Global Challenges to Consider
Click the icons for videos and articles about each of these
global challenges to learn more.

Misinformation
Anxiety is both naturallyand viral. We all comeacross bad information
online, but we might notrecognize it.

Resource Scarcity
Food insecurity isn't a newproblem, but exacerbated by
the pandemic. What does
food and supply shortages
mean globally?

2Mental HealthA pandemic can take ahuge toll on our emotionaland mental wellbeing.
Read more here with fourthings you can do.

Social Isolation
Stay at Home orders leadto social isolation anduncertainty. What does aformer astronaut have to
say about isolation?

Education
Digital learning is hard for students, educators, and parents.
Unequal access to resources and extra help will increase
educational disparities between students across the world.
Where are schools open and where are they closed? How many
students are affected right now?

Local Solutions to Try
Click the boxes for inspiration from global changemakers on
how to address these global challenges locally and at home!

Misinformation
Check out thesetrends from three
young changemakers
for solutions to socialchange.

Exercise skepticism.
Fact check. Readdeeper. Look forsolutions.

Resource Scarcity
Share food. Support
local. Don't panic buy.
Help a neighbor. Givewhen you can.

2Learn how Changemaker
Sanjana is distributing
hundreds of thousandsof sanitary products inIndia.

Mental Health
Share stories of hope.
Mediate. Take timefor yourself. Do what
you love.

Listen to the words ofChangemaker Jane
Goodall on how to startsmall, change minds, andstay hopeful.

Local Solutions to Try
Click the boxes for more ideas from Ashoka Fellows and Young
Changemkers on how to address these global challenges
locally and at home!

Social Isolation
Get moving. Volunteer
safely. Stay in touch.
Call a friend. Adopt apet. Bring changemakers
together.

Read about howChangemaker Eduardo
is promotingintergenerational livingin Spain.

Education
Take learning online.
Help others adjust todigital classes. Shareyour skills and learn newones remotely.

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Read about twosisters Changemakers
Mena and Zena whoare normalizing anduplifting stories ofMuslim women.

In an Everyone a Changemaker world,solutions outpace problems.
Read more solutions here.

Jump Right In
Big leaps you can take by having a dream,
forming a team, and creating a solution for thegood of all.

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Create a help center for senior citizens
Map your community and set up a local system to help others withshopping, sharing wellbeing resources, picking up medicine, taking
care of pets, and offering virtual human connection.

Map local innovations and responses
Track solutions in your community. Get your friends to spread thisknowledge while generating more ideas, strengthening current
innovations, and identifying people in need. Promote your work onsocial media using #ChangemakingFromHome.

Support local businesses and nonprofits
Reach out to local organizations and family-owned businesses. Ask
what they need and how you can help long-term. Ask your relatives
or friends what skills they can offer so it's a team effort.

Shift the narrative
Create and share stories of hope from changemakers taking action.
Fight misinformation with reason and empathy. Find and shareresources about digital learning and mental health. Activate yourpeers to step up and be a part of the solution through storytelling.

"They say that change isthe only constant, but I
think now this world is inconstant need ofchangemakers."
GARVITA G.
ASHOKA YOUNG CHANGEMAKER

Ashoka Resource ListRead stories of changemakers taking action:
Ashoka's Medium Channel
Ashoka's Forbes Channel
Changemaker Stories and Videos

Toolkits for Young Changemakers:
Changemaker Journey
Changemaker Storytelling Guide
Toolkit for Sharing Stories of Changemakers

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