Although the facts of this case tell a great story, our work is not yet complete, for we must move from mere fascination to a more analytical level, where we are prompted to ask several questions: How do we characterize this kind of change? Was it this passionate individual, Kaz, who brought change to the society or was it a society that desperately needed changes and was ready to take off on its own? Would the change have occurred in any case? Was it just a lucky coincidence that such a passionate individual appeared on the scene? In other words, what was the key change agent, the individual or the society?

Defining Social Change fostered by social entrepreneurs

With the cases of Munir Hasan, Steve Bigari, and Kaz Jaworski in mind, the best departure point for reaching a suitable definition of social change would be to comb through and tease one out of the many existing designations. If we were to synthesize the characterizations of three key figures in the field – Sztompka (1993), Farley (2002), and Macionis (2010) ‒ we would offer the following: Social change is the systemic transformation in patterns of thoughts, behavior, social relationships, institutions, and social structure over time.