Social Change Now Workbook

Social Change Now Workbook
We are the Builders!

We are the Builders!
Understanding the Framework

Understanding the Framework

To engage in social change at this moment in time requires consistent attention, deep reflection, and committed collective action.

  • Given the world we live in right now, more and more people are becoming outraged about injustice. Deepa Iyer’s Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection provides an approach that can benefit those who want to turn that outrage into effective and sustainable action.

    — Mariame Kaba, Founder and Director, Project Nia; Author, We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

  • This book is a guide that should be part of the toolbox for anyone seeking to make change at individual, organizational and systems levels to advance equity.

    — Monisha Kapila, Founder and Co-CEO of ProInspire

  • This framework will help us make social change a lifestyle choice and not just a crisis response so we can all live in an America that mirrors our dreams.

    — Sheetal Sheth (Actor, Author, Producer)

  • Deepa Iyer’s Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection provides an approach and framework that enables us to connect with ourselves and with each other in order to bring about the changes we want to see in our neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces. This book should be on your reading list if you’re ready to do the work to bring about racial justice and equity.

    — Nicole Cardoza, Founder of Anti-Racism Daily and Author

  • For any educator and professional seeking to help build the anti-oppression capacity of their students, colleagues, or community, Social Change Now is an excellent place to start!

    — Jazmin Pichardo, Assistant Director of Diversity Training & Education, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, University of Maryland

  • With her book, Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection, Deepa lovingly offers us a roadmap and opportunity to reflect on who we are and who our people are.

    — alicia sanchez gill, Executive Director, Emergent Fund

  • Deepa’s framework not only provides individuals and organizations with a visual image of their connections, it provides all of us with a guiding set of questions that can help us understand and be proud of our particular contributions. This expanded guide to the Social Change Map is such a loving gift to movements and to all of us who believe that if we want to go far, we must go together.

    — Trish Adobea Tchume, Senior Director of Leadership Research & Practice & Sterling Network Organizer 

  • I first became aware of Deepa Iyer's framework from a mystic, and have shared her ecosystem map with everyone I know from comedians to therapists - that's how far reaching this work is. Anyone that has ever had to navigate any group stands to benefit from this thoughtful guide on the myriad roles we can play in creating positive social change. This book is fully stocked with provoking exercises and useful methods to bring all that into consciousness. I expect to come back this guide again and again.

    — Baron Vaughn, Actor and Comedian

MORE PRAISE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE NOW

Welcome to our Community Day!
Ready to find your role to play?

Told in warm, inviting rhymes with vivid illustrations, We Are The Builders! is a children's picture book written by Deepa Iyer and illustrated by Romina Galotta. The book is a gentle introduction to social change roles that children can play in their communities throughout their lives.

 

Deepa is scheduling book talks, workshops, school, library, and bookstore visits for 2024/2025.

Please fill out this form to invite Deepa to your event.

Here is an email template and flyer you can use to propose an event at your school/library with Deepa.