Quiz

What kind of changemaker are you?

Use this quiz to help you figure out your leadership personality — it’s a fun way to think about the roles you are well-suited to play over the course of your activist journey. Share your quiz results with your friends, and pass it on!

You never leave your house without:

Flyers or postcards to publicize an upcoming rally.
Updating your Facebook profile first
Water and yummy snacks
Interesting reading material
Pen and paper
Your trusty Swiss army knife

There’s a large pothole in the road in front of your home. To address this issue, you:

Coordinate a letter-writing campaign among your neighbours
Call a few friends who know people on city council to see who your best “in” is to getting that fixed
Contact the appropriate town or city office to rectify the problem (and maybe sweeten the deal with some homemade cookies)
Look into the local government budget allocations for road work and safety
Make a street sign that warns people about it and maybe even paint the pothole’s permiter in a bright colour so it’s more noticeable
Fill it in yourself

Which word do you most associate with “making change”?

Envision
Collaborate
Heal
Explore
Fight
Create

You’re at a meeting for a small local project working to protest some budget cuts in your school district. Someone says, “We need a few volunteers to help out with an upcoming meeting!” Before you raise your hand, your internal dialogue sounds something like:

“I could design some flyers and create a Facebook group to help get the word out.”
“This is great! I’ll call Eva and Jasmine as soon as I get home.”
“I could provide childcare for the meeting.”
“I can do some research into other communities who’ve done this well.”
“I hope we’ll discuss whether to organize a rally or a sit-in.”
“Another meeting?! When are we going to get started with some hands-on projects?”

You are making an important group decision. It might be about family finances, a key work project, a campaign strategy, or another critical issue. You are most likely to feel frustrated with the process when:

You feel like people aren’t saying what they actually mean
The broader community isn’t consulted and choices are made in a vacuum
There isn’t an equal playing field
Decisions are made without all the needed information
People are too quick to compromise
People complain about something and don’t offer a path forward

Which of the following phrases would your friends and family mostly likely use to describe you?

Always knows just what to say, or how to express herself
A true collaborator with a rich group of friends and colleagues
A real backbone of the family or community
Deeply inquisitive and in constant pursuit of new and better information
Guided by an unwavering moral compass
A real problem-solver

It’s Sunday afternoon. You are most likely:

Leisurely wandering around a museum or doing some writing
Throwing a big party with friends you think ought to meet each other
Cooking a special dinner for your family and friends
Poring over the Sunday paper and doing some much-anticipated reading
Attending a local screening, meeting, or community event
Tinkering around in your workshop or garden

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