More than once, I’ve told myself or others: “I don’t work on policy issues, they take up too much time to implement and have little impact on my community anyway.” And rightfully so – oftentimes policy initiatives meant to assuage social ills wind up doing more harm than good.
There is a productive tension though, between the belief that policy is a viable mechanism to create change and the belief in innovative grassroots solutions to social problems. While both points of view have merit, it is worth examining where they intersect.
There is a productive tension between the belief that policy is a viable mechanism to create change and the belief in innovative grassroots solutions to social problems.
