Sustaining a democracy
by Terry Chadsey, Executive Director
As the Center launches Healing Democracy Action Circles into the world, I'm eager to share this story about a remarkable man who's accomplished remarkable things.
Bill Bolling is Georgia Trend's 2012 Georgian of The Year. His story is remarkable first because he's made a life of doing important and humble work: building communities and systems that feed the hungry. His story is also remarkable because he and his work embody those habits of the heart that Parker Palmer describes as critical to sustaining a democracy.
Thank you, Bill Bolling. In this time of political attack ads, let's lift up what works and who's doing it. Please share your stories of lives and work that exemplify sustaining a democracy.
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It takes a village to do Courage & Renewal work! The programs of the Center, its affiliates and its 176 facilitators would not have reached 40,000 people over the past fifteen years if they were not embedded in a leader-rich community. This blog reflects the fact that Courage & Renewal work is about "us," not about any one person. So I've invited my colleagues to share in keeping this conversation going, and now we invite you to join us with your thoughts, questions, and stories. As Marge Piercy says in the last stanza of "The Low Road," a marvelous poem about how movements for change unfold,
"it starts when you say We/and know who you mean, and each/day you mean one more.”
If blogs are foreign to you, don’t let that put you off. Last month I had no idea what a blog was, but (with a nod to Stephen Colbert) today I am one -- and so can you!
Parker J. Palmer
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