Social Responsibility ... my first blog ever

Posted posted by julie @ 10:01 AM

“We don’t have to start with power, only passion,” (Wheatley 25). Margaret Wheatley’s book, Turning to One Another, advocates for each individual to use the power of communication to heal, teach, and grow together. Her message talks to the individual at a personal level but hopes to reach the community, society, and world as we communicate and express our feelings, ideas, and passions. These expressions lead to our own social responsibility as humans as we open each other and ourselves to the world beyond our own minds.

Before when I thought of the words, social responsibility, I remembered my high school years spent in speech and debate. We argued about values such as justice, societal welfare, and social responsibility. I recall thinking that I really didn’t have the best understanding of what I was arguing (probably why I did much better at speech events).

But what is the best way to explain social responsibility? Should we look to such figures as Gandhi who was a leader for India’s independence and Susan B. Anthony who fought for women’s rights? Or is social responsibility found in the young girl who wrote a speech on pet adoption for her Girl Scout’s meeting?

Social responsibility rather than being some fancy idea of the betterment of society, is an idea of one individual expressing, writing, and contributing his or her ideas to the world. When we express and give new views and voices, we make one another learn and grow with passion.

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