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Surviving Election 2020: How will you resist the “prophets of doom?”

Frederick Douglass’s vision for the United States in 1869 can help.

Jan 14, 2020

Surviving Election 2020: How will you resist the “prophets of doom?”

Jan 14, 2020

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What was your first political act?

Connecting to an idea of something bigger than yourself

Jun 12, 2019

What was your first political act?

Jun 12, 2019

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Questions of Civic Proportions: Stories that Carry Us Forward

(And have nothing to do with who the President is)

Jun 5, 2019

Questions of Civic Proportions: Stories that Carry Us Forward

Jun 5, 2019

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Keep Dreaming Democracy: Lessons from ancient Athens on practicing democracy today

We believe reading is a civic duty. The titles getting the spotlight in our #CitizensRead Book Club make their own case for what we can…

May 21, 2019

Keep Dreaming Democracy: Lessons from ancient Athens on practicing democracy today

May 21, 2019

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Questions of Civic Proportions: How to respond to “I don’t know where to start.”

I don’t know where to start. News goes by at a staggering pace.

May 10, 2019

Questions of Civic Proportions: How to respond to “I don’t know where to start.”

May 10, 2019

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The Citizen’s Job to Ask Big Questions

How to engage the ideas of good government

Mar 1, 2019

The Citizen’s Job to Ask Big Questions

Mar 1, 2019

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Better Civics: How to Get the Questions Right

A popular refrain of the moment is that we need civics education in classrooms again. More civics. New voices join that chorus without…

Aug 14, 2018

Better Civics: How to Get the Questions Right

Aug 14, 2018

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Let’s Talk More: Austin’s Ben Franklin Circle finds that temperance isn’t as outdated as it sounds

There has been a lot of hand-wringing over whether or not Americans can still talk to each other. Online or off, political discussions are…

Feb 28, 2018

Let’s Talk More: Austin’s Ben Franklin Circle finds that temperance isn’t as outdated as it sounds

Feb 28, 2018

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Daily Sketch: For the Sake of the Fallen, Sgt. La David Johnson

For October 24, 2017

Oct 24, 2017

Daily Sketch: For the Sake of the Fallen, Sgt. La David Johnson

Oct 24, 2017

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Open Austin

Open Austin Asks: What’s with You and Civic Tech?

A seemingly simple question refuses to settle on a fixed answer. The most recognizable names in civic tech all have their own answers to…

Oct 9, 2017

Open Austin Asks: What’s with You and Civic Tech?

Oct 9, 2017

Shellee O'Brien

Shellee O'Brien

Creature of community; Idea gatherer; Citizen-at-large approaching the work of an engaged citizenry like the future depends on it. Founder, Politicolor.com

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