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TED talk: Social Movements – A Primer: Toby Chow at TEDxUofIChicago

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Toby Chow is a leader working for social change in the US. He talks about what a social movement is…Occupy, civil rights movement, student movements, etc. He also talks about the hardship of being involved in social change and confronting the voices in your head of what you should be doing versus what you want to be doing.

He is a leader in SOUL and IIRON, local community organizations working for social justice. Through these organizations, he has been active in campaigns for corporate accountability concerning workers’ rights and Wall Street abuses, as well as campaigns for greater investment in the common good and against budget cuts at the state and federal level.


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  • Source: TED
  • Organisation: TED
  • Location: US
  • Release Date: 2013
  • Content length: 18.33 mins

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