Kamau Bell Wants to Help Build a Less 'Crappy' World

At SXSW we sat the comic and six other movers and shakers down and asked, 'How do you take part?'

Mar 20, 2014·

Culture and education editor Liz Dwyer has written about race, parenting, and social justice for several national publications. She was previously education editor at Good.

If your SXSW high is starting to crash and burn, we have just the thing to remind you of the good times and smart ideas shared in Austin. TakePart's camera crew tracked down some of the attendees who inspired us and asked a simple question: "How do you take part?" We got responses from a range of folks, including Chris Thomas, the chief information officer of the Sierra Club, and Lisa Rubenstein, the director of strategy and outreach for Tumblr. Of course, you have to love standup comic Kamau Bell, who gave us the most real-talk response. Watch the video above to check them all out.