Q1
13 results
our societies are more vulnerable than thought and people want to invest in societal resilience
my hope is that people will see inequality in a different way and motivated to do something
we might see greater sustained public and political attention paid to that economic inequality
it will motivate us to pick a stronger fight against unfair distribution of resources and rights
proactive efforts towards societal change may be called upon
the best thing that happened is that people are now beginning to think that there will be a change
crises like this reveal the cracks in a society and one possibility is that people will take action
more support for redistributive policies with a resurgence of discussion of universal basic income
growing awareness both intellectually and emotionally, of the serious racial injustice that exists
hope for increased support for universal health care and for a more secure social safety net
one of the most positive changes is something we’re already seeing, which is in political activism
it will motivate us to pick a stronger fight against unfair distribution of resources and rights
redirection of social wealth through progressive taxation that funds social institutions
Q2
7 results
knowledge will then help people think differently about the distribution of things
we need a degree of engagement with politics to ensure political leaders don’t forget the lessons
we have to keep imagining what may be a better way of living and have a discourse about it
we’re seeing greater openness to these [redistributive] policies
be involved and see the inequality and emphasize with the suffering that racism engenders
we’re seeing more people who are interested in social and civic issues
to really act on the potential of this moment, people need to remain politically engaged
Q4
14 results
we will see a societal effort to put in place social policies that will alleviate some of the burden
We’re going to need to see people working in these institutions who are not political
the big message is for politicians to take a longer term view of what needs doing in this country
what we have to do is try and make things better and not walk away from them
in the long term, it’s very important to try to reduce wealth disparity and racial discrimination
we need empathy and compassion to build social systems that are accessible, equitable, and inclusive
we need empathy and compassion to build social systems that are accessible, equitable, and inclusive
you to collectively, but locally, improve the way we do things
we’re looking to have individual and societal level structures that can increase equity
we need to come together and discuss it across multiple levels – political, economic, cultural, etc
there’ll be a huge role for community groups, voluntary associations, and grassroots organizations
remaining politically engaged voting, maybe changing political opinions, will be crucial
this pandemic has laid bare a problem that was there to begin with, in a lot of western democracies
another piece of wisdom is that violence signals a need to reorganize our social systems
