11 Quotes by Marshall Ganz

Charity asks, 'what's wrong, how can I help?'Justice asks, 'why is it happening and how can I change it?'And that's when people get uncomfortable. Because it is often the case that these people over here have less, because these people over here have more. And when we try to change that, there's resistance & there's conflict and struggle.

Challenging the status quo takes commitment, courage, imagination, and, above all, dedication to learning.

When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived experience. We reveal the kind of person we are to the extent that we let others identify with us.

Hope is the belief in the probability of the possible rather than the necessity of the probable.

A story communicates fear, hope, and anxiety, and because we can feel it, we get the moral not just as a concept, but as a teaching of our hearts. That’s the power of story.

If deep change depended solely on outside intervention it would never happen.

Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they’re not just about redistributing the goods. They’re about figuring out what is good.

There’s a real sweet spot between challenge and hope – leaders make pathways that keep both firmly in view.

Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.