Conclusion

Abstract

Abstract This conclusive chapter reflects on the interplay of leadership, organizing, and action in practicing democracy. The five core practices of building relationships, storytelling, strategizing, acting, and structuring are based on the belief that all people can learn, grow, and shape their destiny in concert with others. The chapter then features how the global financial crisis of 2008 and the COVID-19 crisis negatively affected people, which further highlighted the divide between those in power and privilege and those who are not. In the United States, real challenges to the status quo have often come in the form of social movements. The chapter then elaborates on the work and purpose of movements.