Everyone a Changemaker: Michael Zakaras

Everyone a Changemaker: Michael Zakaras

From Future Hindsight by Mila Atmos

April 23, 2026 · 44 min · Season 21 · Episode 393

About this episode

The episode discusses creating a society where everyone is a changemaker and emphasizes the importance of local civic engagement.

We discuss the vision of an everyone-a-changemaker society. Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by making the mechanisms and the rituals for participation in local politics more robust and more meaningful. Michael's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 1) Find a place to plug in at the local level 2) Go to a Civic Saturdays event near you Michael Zakaras is the director of Ashoka US, the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs and a global leader in social innovation. Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/ Discover new ways to #BetheSpark: https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark Follow Mila on X: https://x.com/milaatmos Follow Ashoka on X: https://x.com/Ashoka Check out Ashoka US: https://www.ashoka.org/en-us Sponsor: Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful . Early episodes for Patreon supporters: https://patreon.com/futurehindsight Credits: Host: Mila Atmos Guests: Michael Zakaras Executive Producer: Zack Travis Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

People in this episode

Host: Mila Atmos

Guest: Michael Zakaras

Topics covered

  • civic engagement
  • social innovation
  • local politics
  • civil society
  • community participation

Keywords

  • changemaker
  • civic action
  • local politics
  • social entrepreneurs
  • community involvement

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ashoka US

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