(Image taken from video cited below)
This morning I came across a fantastic video. I think there is so much truth in it and maybe it is a good starting point for today.

As the social entrepreneurs in How-To Start Your Social Change Career explain, community service is a selfish act of self-improvement. You live your future career as it actually will be. You build practical, durable skills. You increase your market value as a change agent. Most of all, you embed for life whose side you are on in the timeless struggle for social and economic justice.

(taken from article cited below)

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Learning from Social entrepreneurs

What do you think? And what are your experiences?

Related article:
How-To Start Your Social Change Career
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-lewis/how-to-start-your-social_b_3591926.html