Civic Driven Change: Facing Risk

Shirin Rai

Tags: Civil Society Building

This brief explores assessing risk in organizing civic-driven action. The exercise of citizens’ agency needs to be informed
by a mapping of power/relations – class, caste, gender, space – amongst others. In addition, adequate support is called
for to translate processes that increase people’s critical awareness into practical action without making those who take
risks to change society more vulnerable in the process.