Critical Hope: How to Grapple with Complexity, Lead with Purpose, and Cultivate Transformative Social Change

Introducing the 7 principles for practicing critical hope—because hope isn’t something you have; it’s something you do.


Each person has a unique, ever-changing relationship to hope.

Hope alone can be transformational—but in moments of despair, or when you’re up against profound injustice, it isn’t enough on its own. Hope without action is, at best, naive. At its worst, it tricks you into giving up the power and agency you have to change systems that cause suffering.

Enter critical hope: a sp...