Creative PSP Assignment #4 - Social Movement

In response to the YouTube video: "Counterfeit Gods" 

            The aim of this creative reflection is to raise awareness about how there is no political or social will in our society to generate effective change. The goal isn’t necessarily trying to rally all video gamers together to initiate that change but is a symbol of the problem itself.

           

            Personally, if I were to go about rallying a large group of people it would be difficult but possible. The key to gaining the support of others is to speak out for something that they believe is true and is worth fighting over. What I’m trying to say is that since people lack that willingness to initiate change, it is in the hands of those who contain that passion and eagerness to unite the people. This is illustrated in the last frame of the comic where Keller realizes that if he is to inspire a willingness to change, he must mobilize the people by giving them the tools necessary to carrying that change out.

            Ultimately, this can be done. Through community programs it happens all the time at a small level; now we have to look at the global. How can we inspire willingness in others to stand up with their neighbours and solve the Earth’s problems? It takes one person with a little bit of courage and heart. An example of someone that “rallied the masses” would be Craig Kielburger. When he was young he saw in the newspaper an article reporting how a child labourer stood up for himself and was killed because if it. Craig saw this as completely unfair and wrong so he talked about it in class that day and asked if any of his classmates would want to help make a difference. Several peers raised their hands and that was the birth of one of the largest youth movements in the world: Free the Children. This goes to show that through a small action and a lot of effort, one can have a large impact on those around them, creating change.