How To Change Laws
I’ve been wondering how change really happens, personally, nationally and globally. It seems to me to be one of those foundational questions. So I invited a dozen really big thinkers (and feelers) to talk to me on Kelly Corrigan Wonders and at the end of each conversation, I summarized my takeaways. I share them here in the hopes that they will be useful to us all as we inch our way toward something better.
On Changing Laws:
Both Congresswoman Barbara Lee and human rights attorney Jessica Jackson went through college as single mothers, relying on some form of public assistance. They’ve since gone on to make big changes in our country, from both inside and outside of government. I talk to each of them about the power of our democracy and the promise of liberty and justice for all.
1. When the right message meets the right messenger, anything can happen.
2. One good story with a compelling protagonist is worth a hundred statistics.
3. Our system is built to force compromise.
4. The sheer breadth of issues that any person in congress must be fluent in is staggering.
