Members will be encouraged to look at their own unfinished revolution. The section will identify the stages in achieving significant social change using the New York-based Public Agenda foundation's work as a starting point. People develop a sense of urgency as the severity, or gravity, of the issue strikes close to home. People begin to look for answers. They convert their free-floating concern into more specific proposals for action.
People are reluctant to face trade-offs coupled with choosing a specific course of action.
They may understand, engage in narrow or wishful thinking, have difficulty balancing conflicting values, or offer personal reasons why change is not applicable to them or their sphere of influence. People begin to weigh choices and seriously wrestle with the pros and cons of a particular course of action. People undergo a basic change in values and intellectually accept the consequences of a particular course of action. Full gut, emotional acceptance of the need to change follows in time but cannot be rushed. The community will begin to develop their own community statement as to the purpose of education in a democratic community.