So here is my third Why Revolution blog post, it's about time! I will start off by explaining how everything is progressing with the movement. We have had our initial meeting, which was really successful. We did two brainstorms on A1 paper, and came up with a tonne of ideas. We had 8 or 9 people there, which in anybody's books, is not a bad turnout! Unfortunately the majority of those people decided to bugger off back to uni before the next meeting. So the week after it was just me and Dot, (we started to come up with ideas for the constitution) And the week after it was just me and Becca. So a casual observer may think that the Why Revolution was over before it had begun. Not So. On Tuesday of this week I attended a 'course representatives' meeting at college, presided over by the principal of the college. Being the cheeky little person that I am, I used the 'any questions' bit at the end of the principal's talk to inform everyone about our initiative one, the day of kindness on the 21st of December. She was rather excited, and wants to make it a college-wide project; we soon hope to have posters up all around college, and to organise a talk about it in the student union. Thus the Why Revolution is gathering pace, first Banbury, then the world!!

I had wondered what the senior staff in the college would make of any kind of organisation with 'revolution' in the title, and Queenie, who is in charge of the student union, said one or two of the college staff were a bit wary of the idea. But as I explained to her then, and as I'm explaining to you now, the Why Revolution is not just some anti-authority, anti-establishment youth movement that flares up, annoys parents, teachers, and politicians, then fades into history. Because this is not about blindly following a crowd, or about fashion, but about changing ourselves, the way we treat other people, and about our willingness to co-operate with others. This is a personal movement, but one which involves us all working together, to create a feeling of cohesion, something that society has been losing for a while, with the rise of individualism and celebrity culture in western society. This is not a political movement, although we are revolutionaries, we are not rioters, we will make our mark by being a good example to others, not by throwing bricks through shop windows!!!

So our first initiative is to have one day, just one day in history where everybody does on kind thing that they would not ordinarily do. It's simple, childishly simple, yet sometimes it's the simplest ideas that are the most effective. Some people might only do it because there friends are doing it, but it doesn't matter, because they might decide that doing good makes them feel good, and might be worth trying again sometime. This idea is for everyone, but for people who go out of their way to help others everyday, this isn't going to be such a big deal. This day will be most useful to the people who are the most selfish, because it might be the first day of a new chapter in their lives, a chapter which replaces the word 'I' with 'We'

And lastly, I'd like to explain the Why Revolution by way of a metaphor, I've explained it this way to a few people. We are like a spark, the spark which lights a bonfire. Without a spark there is no fire, everybody is cold. But once the spark has been ignited it catches hold quickly and spreads, creating a warmth that everyone can enjoy. We have ignited the spark, the idea of a movement which anyone, atheist or Christian, Muslim or Hindu, black or white, can join with the some purpose of Making the world a better place. The other thing is though, once the fire is lit, no-one cares or remembers where the spark came from. Unlike the Kony campaign, this campaign is not about one figure head, it's about everyone. We are all spreading the fire, and the person who started it, has no intention of making themselves into a celebrity. Only to sit back and feel the heat of a warmer society.