by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter March 22, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, This is a moment when we need everyone to get it. Dr. Sanjay Gupta told late-night host Stephen Colbert that he thought we were. People are starting to get this, Gupta said, “I have an...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter March 8, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, Big announcements of Democratic candidates dropping out of the 2020 presidential race have shaped the news this week. While the media has talked for some time about a contest that quickly...
by Shellee O'Brien | Reading LIst
Reading List: What the Warmth of Other Suns Tells Us about the American Dream The Warmth of Other Suns is the story of the American Dream turned backwards or inside out. It’s a story that’s absolutely necessary to understand before we use that idea of the...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter February 23, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, I want to share a call to arms: “Less despair. More repair.” So says Austin Kleon, a local artist and writer here in Austin, Texas. His most recent book Keep Going wants...
by Shellee O'Brien | Connectedness
John Lewis: Grit in Service to Public Life How Civic Grit Builds Community and Fights Failure Grit is a funny word. When someone says it, there’s almost always a guttural growl or a sneer added. When we say grit, we feel it. A small group of early-stage entrepreneurs...
