America's path forward : conversations with social innovators on the power of communities everywhere / Konstanze Frischen + Michael Zakaras, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frischen, Konstanze, editor.

Zakaras, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--United States.

Social change.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

United States--Social conditions--21st century.

United States.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

Social conditions.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The United States is living through a period of polarization and upheaval. We hunger for answers, yet too often turn to the same people and institutions, somehow expecting different outcomes. How can this be? This book takes a different angle. It features award-winning social innovators from all walks of life with decades of experience of working in and with their communities across America. In twenty two deep, idea-packed conversations, they share their analysis, practical insights, and policy recommendations-on how to gain common ground, get the country unstuck, and increase prosperity and wellbeing for all. What their narratives have in common: they see community members -- workers, young people, parents, neighbors, from Appalachia to Silicon Valley, from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes - not as weak or dependent, but as creative, resourceful, and strong, with unique expertise and lived experience of the problem at hand, whose changemaking energy can be tapped to build a better future for all of us"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Power of Mutualism

Sara Horowitz on Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up

2. Jobs You Write Songs About

Bren Smith on Ocean Farming and Overcoming the Class Divide in the Environmental Movement

3. When Black Women Walk, Things Change

T. Morgan Dixon on the Radical Response of Self-Care and Joy

4. You're Welcome

David Lubell on Making Immigration Work for All

5. We See What We Look For

Trabian Shorters on Race and the Power of Asset-Framing

6. Let's Start Where We Agree

Casey Woods on Gun Ownership

7. Momentum Now

Nick Tilsen on the Path to Indigenous Self-Determination

8. Poor People Do Not Need Charity

Mauricio Lim Miller on the Resourcefulness of Communities Everywhere

9. Beyond Coal

Brandon Dennison on Rebuilding the Appalachian Economy

10. The Power of Corn, Beans, and Squash

Denisa Livingston on a Culture of Health on Indian Land

11. Defending Each Other

Raj Jayadev on the Ability of Ordinary People to Help End Mass Incarceration

12. A Road to Repair

Danielle Sered on Violence, Accountability, and a Common Justice

13. The Goal Is Liberation

Laura Emiko Soltis on Public Education for Undocumented Young People

14. You Are Being Watched

Albert Fox Cahn on Defending Privacy in the Digital Age

15. It's MY Life

Sixto Cancel on Young People Redesigning Child Welfare

16. A New Social Fabric

Sarah Hemminger on Supporting Young People, No Matter What

17. It Tabes a Village

Will Jackson on Black Parents Protecting Black Genius

18. We Belong Here

Angelou Ezeilo on the Privilege of Feeling Safe in the Outdoors

19. Building Community Wealth

Tim Lampkin on Black-Owned Businesses in the Mississippi Delta

20. Toward an Ownership Economy

Alison Lingane on Keeping Jobs Local and Putting Employees in Charge

21. Getting to Zero

Rosanne Haggerty on Communities Solving Homelessness

22. Democracy Reborn

Eric Liu on a New Culture of Citizenship Reflection

In Practice: Some Recommendations.

Other Format:

Online version: America's path forward

ISBN:

9781647123154

1647123151

OCLC:

1319692343