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Carne Ross on Being an Agent of Change

April 5, 2012

If you’re disillusioned about government, know that you aren’t entirely powerless to create change. So says Bill Moyers’ guest Carne Ross. Once the rising star of British diplomacy and now a global activist, Ross’ book, The Leaderless Revolution, outlines ways to create alternative systems of governance and commerce.

“We have to accept that government is no longer fixing things for us. Whoever’s in charge, whichever bunch of politicians has taken over government, they will not provide the answer. We have to instead take on the burden ourselves. That is a fundamental cultural change, and I think it requires a real examination of our role in political circumstances,” Ross tells Moyers. [27:13 min.]

Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator. With the help of extended student and community family, they have grown over 25,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance.

Dedicated to harvesting hope and cultivating minds, Stephen dreams of opening a nationally replicable Career Technical Education public school in the poorest Congressional District in America rooted in urban agriculture and green and sustainable initiatives. [14:42 min.]

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