Joseph B. - Haverford, PA

A progressive looks at the world critically. Driven by compassion for others, a progressive sympathizes with the common struggles that people face and recognizes that human suffering derives from the way society is structured. A progressive understands that human beings do not possess a single “human nature.” Therefore creation, love, solidarity and peace might easily replace the status quo of violence and oppression if people engaged the world as a problem to be solved. A progressive looks beyond his/her immediate reality to imagine a better world, and fights daily to bring about positive change for humanity.