Something amazing is going on in Egypt.
People are spontaneously coming together and providing and supporting state services. People are escorting ambulances, cleaning streets, and maintaining security – all as spontaneous volunteers.
Yesterday’s New York Times ran an article about that started a group to protect utilities and help alleviate traffic problems.
The Atlantic ran the video above about people coming together to clean streets in the wake of protests.
People are organizing to protect cultural institutions from looting.
What lessons can be learned from this? How can a group of people coming together spontaneously help to make their community – and their country – better? Does large-scale spontaneous volunteering require some kind of civic upheaval? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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