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Glossary of terms

roles in social change: effective social movements include people who play four different roles: organizer, advocate, helper, and rebel. The organizer gets people together to act on their own behalf; the advocate represents the people in negotiations; the rebel carries out the direct action that puts pressure on the powerholders; the helper supports and assists people to hang in there for the long run.

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