Numbers equal strength. Last month, my social media team and I created an ambitious, 15-point plan to double the number of AoCC subscribers. Our plan includes: a new website and website copy professional marketing branding and logo design social media […]
Pablo Villavicencio is married to an American citizen and has two young daughters. He has a pending green card application, no criminal history, and is a tax-paying member of his community in New York. He was delivering pizzas to an […]
This week, one of the actions on the Americans of Conscience Checklist is to ask someone you respect how they persevere through difficult times. If you want to share their answers—or your own—I invite you to write a comment below. Here’s […]
The lights were bright up on the stage, making it hard to see the sixty-or-so people gathered at a local coffeehouse. Sitting on my right, a Republican. On my left, a very liberal Democrat, a staunch conservative, and an Independent. […]
One year ago today, I showed up late for a meeting in a basement. “Please come,” a friend had said in invitation. “It’ll help you feel better.” My coffee order took forever. I wasn’t sure where the meeting was. I […]
Immediately after Trump had won the electoral college, I posted the following message on Facebook in a fit of bravery and clarity. Soon after, I descended into a deep depression before starting the Americans of Conscience checklist. Looking back, I’m amazed […]
You know the guy… There’s a man in my life. His name isn’t important, but when I describe him, you’ll probably think of someone you know like him. He’s white. He’s conservative. He watches FOX News. And when he talks […]
Being actively involved in democracy, engaging with our government and policy-makers on a daily basis can be a furiously frustrating process. The challenges you are taking on are so dangerous and important and serious that almost everything you do can […]
It isn’t exactly the kind of situation you go looking for, pitching your tent mere miles from a forest inferno, sleeping on the ground zipped up into a sleeping bag. But it exactly what is happening in America right now. […]
An invitation Four years ago, I heard a little whisper tell me I would walk an ancient pilgrimage across northern Spain. The trail is five hundred miles through forest, fields, and villages—to a city called Santiago de Compostela. Now. I […]
The giveaway is closed, but read the comments for excellent, fun ideas for fitting action into your life. When Erika Leaf, creator of Democracy Postcards at Collective Vision, sent me a pack as a gift, I loved them immediately. They’re full […]
The first time I read about environmentalists and hunters working together to preserve habitat in the Pacific Northwest, it was a head scratching moment. On one side, the planet protectors believed in the purity of unspoiled nature. On the other, […]
