Dave Meslin
Community Builder | Empowering Grassroots Change
Most recently at TEDxToronto 2010 in 2010.
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Dave Meslin is a community organizer and author dedicated to empowering grassroots movements. His TED talk 'The Antidote to Apathy' has been viewed over 1.
8 million times, offering practical strategies for sparking civic engagement. Meslin's work explores how small, everyday actions can catalyze positive change at the local level.
His book 'Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up' provides a playbook for overcoming apathy and making a tangible impact in one's community. Meslin's keynotes inspire audiences to become active citizens, leveraging his unique blend of storytelling and systems thinking.
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The antidote to apathy
Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.
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