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Book SynopsisCritiques and solutions offered by social changemakers from all walks of life 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, expecting different outcomes. How can this be? America's Path Forward 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 analyses, practical insights, and policy recommendations—on how to gain common ground, get the country unstuck, and increase prosperity and well-being for all. These narratives share a common thread: They see community members—workers, young people, parents, neighbors, from Appalachia to Silicon Valley, from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes— 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.
Trade ReviewFrischen and Zakaras do an excellent job of illustrating solutions that are simpler than we think and playing out in communities across the country. While the COVID-19 pandemic forced people to physically isolate, it showed the way communities in crisis find a path to solutions together, and this book is an excellent, timely example of what those solutions can grow into given time and attention. * Philanthropy News Digest *
Table of ContentsForewordFrank McCourt IntroductionKonstanze Frischen and Michael Zakaras 1. The Power of Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground UpSara Horowitz 2. Jobs You Write Songs About: Ocean Farming and Overcoming the Class Divide in the Environmental Movement Bren Smith 3. When Black Women Walk, Things Change: The Radical Response of Self-care and JoyT. Morgan Dixon 4. You're Welcome: Making Immigration Work for AllDavid Lubell 5. We See What We Look For: Race and the Power of Asset-FramingTrabian Shorters 6. Let's Start Where We Agree:Gun OwnershipCasey Woods 7. Momentum Now: The Path to Indigenous Self-determinationNick Tilsen 8. Poor People Do Not Need Charity: The Resourcefulness of Communities EverywhereMauricio Lim Miller 9. Beyond Coal:Rebuilding the Appalachian EconomyBrandon Dennison 10. The Power of Corn, Beans, and Squash: A Culture of Health on Indian LandDenisa Livingston 11. Defending Each Other: The Ability of Ordinary People to Help End Mass IncarcerationRaj Jayadev 12. A Road to Repair: Violence, Accountability, and a Common JusticeDanielle Sered 13. The Goal Is Liberation: Public Education for Undocumented Young PeopleLaura Emiko Soltis 14. You Are Being Watched: Defending Privacy in the Digital AgeAlbert Fox Cahn 15. It's My Life: Young People Redesigning Child WelfareSixto Cancel 16. A New Social Fabric: Supporting Young People, No Matter WhatSarah Hemminger 17. It Takes a Village: Black Parents Protecting Black GeniusWill Jackson 18. We Belong Here: The Privilege of Feeling Safe in the OutdoorsAngelou Ezeilo 19. Building Community Wealth: Black-Owned Businesses in the Mississippi DeltaTim Lampkin 20. Toward an Ownership Economy: Keeping Jobs Local and Employees in ChargeAlison Lingane 21. Getting to Zero: Communities Solving HomelessnessRosanne Haggerty 22. Democracy Reborn: A New Culture of CitizenshipEric Liu Reflection In Practice: Some Recommendations Acknowledgments About the Editors and Contributors About Ashoka
