28. Support Better World Institutions

"Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change." -- Barack Obama

The Better World Movement will create institutions that will provide an infrastructure that will help make striving for a better world easier. But a firm foundation has already been established.

The United Nations has shone as humanity's greatest hope for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world for over sixty years. It has helped to promote human rights, freedom and democracy, erase poverty and hunger, improve health and education, and urge the governments of the world to work together in peace. But the UN can only do what governments allow it to do.

Across the globe, a people's movement has been growing to convince governments to help the UN in its goals and to allow the UN to work more closely with civil society in solving the planet's problems. People's Assemblies have convened at the UN and in local gatherings around the world.

In the US, a grassroots campaign is spreading in support of a cabinet-level Department of Peace. An international movement for Ministries of Peace is also growing. You can help convince your leaders to make 'creating a better world' a national priority by creating these government institutions for peace.

Socially responsible investing has made tremendous strides towards influencing our current economic institutions. Helping to promote a better world economy will greatly accelerate the transformation of these institutions, which will have a profound effect in establishing the infrastructure for many other better world institutions in media, entertainment, education and many other fields.