<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The end of passive self-help is the beginning of... > The end of passive self-help is the beginning of civic authorship: people learn to read reality, govern themselves, convert experience into instruction, and participate in building the communities and institutions they once hoped would rescue them. **Source:** [[livestreams/Community, Agency, and the End of Passive Self-Help - Workbook|Community, Agency, and the End of Passive Self-Help]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The end of passive self-help is the beginning of civic authorship: people learn to read reality, govern themselves, convert experience into instruction, and participate in building the communities and institutions they once hoped would rescue them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-end-passive-self-once-hoped-rescue ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->