Title: 
Headings: What is a Social Action Project?
What
 
is
 
a
 
Social
 
Action
 
Project?
 

Good
 
social
 
action
 
projects:
 

Steps
 
of
 
a
 
Social
 
Action
 
Project:
 

Types
 
of
 
Social
 
Action
 
Projects
 

Examples
 
of
 
each
 
type
 
of
 
action:
 

Examples
 
of
 
Social
 
Action
 
Projects
 

Green
 
Belt
 
Movement
 

Green
 
Dhaka
 
Initiative
 
(BYEI)
 

Project
 
Jatropha
 

Brower
 
Youth
 
Awards
 

Mission
 
Greenbelt
 

Facing
 
the
 
Future
 

Timeline
 
–
 
Social
 
Action
 
Projects
 


Content: Examples
 
of
 
each
 
type
 
of
 
action: Educate
 


 
Develop
 
educational
 
workshops
 
for
 
your
 
peers
 
or
 
younger
 
students
 


 
Present
 
at
 
local
 
organizations,
 
churches,
 
etc. to
 
educate
 
the
 
community
 
about
 
your
 
topic
 


Advocate
 


 
Organize
 
a
 
letter
 
writing
 
campaign
 
or
 
petition
 
to
 
local/national
 
representatives
 



Unite
 


 
Organize
 
a
 
school-wide
 
event
 
to
 
raise
 
awareness
 
and
 
get
 
students
 
to
 
take
 
action
 


 
Sponsor
 
a
 
social
 
event
 
to
 
bring
 
people
 
together
 
while
 
also
 
generating
 
awareness
 
or
 
funds
 
for
 
an
 
organization
 
working
 
to
 
solve
 
your
 
issue
 


Speak
 
Out
 


 
Share
 
your
 
research
 
and
 
ideas
 
through
 
theatrical
 
performances
 
or
 
artwork
 


 
Develop
 
a
 
PSA
 
and
 
post
 
on
 
social
 
media
 
or
 
work
 
with
 
local
 
media
 
to
 
get
 
it
 
on
 
the
 
air
  


Engage
 


 
Commit
 
to
 
change
 
your
 
behavior
 
in
 
some
 
way
 
and
 
start
 
a
 
campaign
 
to
 
encourage
 
others
 
to
 
as
 
well
 



Serve
 


 
Start
 
a
 
non-profit
 
or
 
business
 
that
 
provides
 
a
 
service
 
aligned
 
with
 
your
 
proposed
 
solution
 


 
Organize
 
a
 
fundraising
 
campaign
 
for
 
a
 
non-profit
 
working
 
to
 
advance
 
your
 
solution
 


Examples
 
of
 
Social
 
Action
 
Projects
 
The
 
following
 
are
 
examples
 
of
 
social
 
action
 
projects
 
addressing
 
a
 
wide
 
range
 
of
 
social
 
issues,
 
including
 
climate
 
change. Green
 
Belt
 
Movement
 
What
 
is
 
now
 
a
 
global
 
movement
 
started
 
by
 
the
 
late
 
Nobel
 
Peace
 
Prize
 
winning
 
Wangari
 
Maathai,
 
started
 
as
 
a
 
simple
 
social
 
action
 
project
 
where
 
Maathai
 
took
 
action
 
to
 
plant
 
more
 
trees
 
in
 
deforested
 
areas
 
of
 
her
 
native
 
Kenya. Recognizing
 
that
 
the
 
reasons
 
trees
 
were
 
being
 
town
 
down
 
had
 
to
 
do
 
with
 
economics,
 
politics,
 
and
 
the
 
impacts
 
of
 
colonialism,
 
and
 
that
 
deforestation
 
was
 
having
 
a
 
disproportionately
 
negative
 
impact
 
on
 
women,
 
Maathai
 
created
 
a
 
unique
 
approach. She
 
hired
  
women
 
to
 
plant
 
and
 
grow
 
trees
 
in
 
their
 
own
 
community,
 
providing
 
them
 
with
 
income
 
and
 
making
 
the
 
project
 
sustainable
 
because
 
the
 
women
 
would
 
ensure
 
the
 
trees
 
would
 
be
 
cared
 
for
 
(because
 
the
 
local
 
community
 
was
 
involved
 
instead
 
of
 
someone
 
from
 
the
 
outside
 
who
 
planted
 
trees
 
and
 
then
 
moved
 
on). http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/
Green
 
Dhaka
 
Initiative
 
(BYEI)
 
Green
 
Dhaka
 
initiative
 
motivates
 
Dhaka’s
 
citizens
 
to
 
plant
 
more
 
within
 
the
 
city
 
(particularly
 
on
 
balconies
 
and
 
in
 
terraces). The
 
principal
 
idea
 
is
 
to
 
distribute
 
free
 
seedlings
 
in
 
the
 
major
 
traffic
 
intersections
 
in
 
the
 
Dhaka
 
city. The
 
seedlings
 
will
 
be
 
wrapped
 
with
 
decorative
 
garments
 
for
 
both
 
beautification
 
and
 
cleanliness
 
and
 
each
 
of
 
the
 
seedlings
 
will
 
have
 
a
 
note
 
attached
 
to
 
it
 
containing
 
our
 
message
 
about
 
making
 
Dhaka
 
a
 
green
 
city. The
 
project
 
was
 
undertaken
 
on
 
World
 
Environment
 
Day.