Stay ConnectedA show that takes the big ideas in civic life and democracy and turns them into action items for everyday people.
Join host Mila Atmos for in-depth conversations with citizen changemakers that inspire civic action and hope. Citizen participation is fundamental to a thriving democracy. Now more than ever, our engagement is critical.
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We discuss how each of us is a node of possibility for change in the climate crisis, taking us from overwhelm to participation.
Katharine's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Keep telling the truth.
2) Join with others in the climate movement.
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is the host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees and the author of Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home.
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We discuss the myriad of ways to fix Congress, ranging from campaign finance reform and age limits to town hall meetings and stopping violence against members of Congress.
Maya's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Engage with your member of Congress!
2) Share what matters for you and demand your member to take action
Maya Kornberg is senior research fellow at NYU Law's Brennan Center for Justice and author of Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress.
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We discuss the radical idea that dissidence belongs to all of us. Living with truth is the starting point to being a citizen changemaker and to taking impactful civic action.
Gal's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Be in person
2) Be deliberate about how you operate online
Gal Beckerman is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of How to Be a Dissident.
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We discuss the vision of an everyone-a-changemaker society. Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by making the mechanisms and the rituals for participation in local politics more robust and more meaningful.
Michael's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Find a place to plug in at the local level
2) Go to a Civic Saturdays event near you
Michael Zakaras is the director of Ashoka US, the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs and a global leader in social innovation.
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We discuss why Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate in Michigan and what kind of Senator he aspires to be. A public health expert with deep understanding of the healthcare system, Dr. El-Sayed believes that Medicare for All can be a realistic future.
Abdul's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Have an in-person conversation with someone you disagree with
2) Find the thing that you share in common
Abdul El-Sayed is a doctor, public health expert, and candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He's also the author of Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide.
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We discuss the foundational lies of the Lost Cause, the organic nature of more recent lies, and the constant vigilance necessary to defend democracy.
Ann's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Pay attention to what your (or your children's) textbooks are saying
2) Speak up if there is a historical site near you that is being erased
Ann Bausum is an award-winning historian and the author of White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote History.
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We discuss the main goals of copaganda: narrowing our conception of safety and threat, constantly warning us that those harms are increasing, and telling us that the solution to our fears is more investment in the punishment bureaucracy.
Alec's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Educate yourself on how copaganda works
2) Read the Copaganda book in a group!
Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.
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We discuss the building blocks of the authoritarian playbook, the strategy behind intersectional solidarity, and the power of knowing your neighbor.
Yelena & Tatyana's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Go local!
2) Get to know your neighbors
Yelena and Tatyana are co-founders of Stroika — an organization connecting and resourcing frontline anti-authoritarian movements worldwide.
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We discuss the strategy for electing from-the-gut economic populists who exude outsider vibes and who acknowledge that our system is broken. They are often outsiders who believe in issues such as protecting social security and taxing billionaires, which are super majoritarian issues. Outsiders can win in blue, purple, and red states.
Adam's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Join effective groups like boldprogressives.org
2) Support a bold progressive candidate running for office
Adam Green is Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC).
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We discuss the influence of the U.S.-China relationship on American democracy, on issues ranging from "garbage time" to soft power to geopolitical dominance of the South China Sea.
Jane's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Visit China!
2) Read To Change China by Jonathan Spence and/or Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick
Jane Perlez is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief, and fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center. She's also the podcast host of Face-Off: The U.S. vs. China.
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