Killer App for Angel Investors: Authenticity

Written by . Posted on 14 Apr ’12. Filed under Academic & Research, Andrea Morisette Grazzini, Economy & Business, Professional. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Locating and messaging app by PeopleNet

© April 2012 Smart investors no longer risk dollars and common sense on the seductions offered by solely self-interested corporations. They see promise instead in authentic evolutions offered by citizen-serving leaders and companies.  Together, these … Read More →

Home of the Brutal: Time to Rethink “Home of the Brave”

Written by . Posted on 6 Apr ’12. Filed under Human Rights, Media & Culture, Social Organizations, US Constitution. 2 Comments.
Treyvon Martin

Also published in TC Daily Planet and MinnPost. ©2012 The death of Skittles-eating teen Trayvon Martin, shot by a neighborhood watchdog in an upscale community, has shaken US citizens enough to catalyze a national movement against hate. … Read More →

The Radical Humanity of Citizen Professionalism

Written by . Posted on 11 Mar ’12. Filed under Academic & Research, Citizens, Community, Healthcare, Professional, Social Innovation. 11 Comments.
William J. (Bill) Doherty PhD Citizen Professional pioneer

  Also published in AOL’s The Patch. By Andrea Morisette Grazzini Betty GreenCrow has a presence so striking it’s hard to miss.  Balanced measures of wisdom and curiosity, connection and boundary seem to emanate from people … Read More →

Conservatives Must Banish Hate

Written by . Posted on 19 Feb ’12. Filed under Barack Obama, Civil Discourse, Civil Rights, Faith and religion, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue. 3 Comments.
Pastor Roger Wolsey

Also published at Star Tribune.  By Mitch Pearlstein On the chance you’re ever of the mind that yahoos have a special affinity for what some people think of as the political “right” — I’m alluding most … Read More →

Big-boy NASA and small Girl-led Biz launch jobs

Written by . Posted on 3 Feb ’12. Filed under Academic & Research, Economy & Business, Education Policy, Professional, Social Innovation. No comments.
nasalogo

By Charles Bolden and Darlene Miller  Seattle, Washington February 3, 2012 You may be wondering what the owner of a small, Minnesota-based, woman-owned machine parts company has in common with the Administrator of the world’s premier … Read More →

“We’ve Got Each Others Back”

Written by . Posted on 24 Jan ’12. Filed under Barack Obama, Citizen Movement, Civil Discourse, Democracy, Politics & Elections, We The People. 3 Comments.
President_Official_Portrait_LowRes

  Excerpted from President Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Speech. (N)o matter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right now:  Nothing will get done this year, or … Read More →

Beating the drum for Emmanuel

Written by . Posted on 16 Jan ’12. Filed under ABOUT DynamicShift, Citizen Movement, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, Populism. 1 Comment.
MLKStoneofHope

Related essay by Harry Boyte at DemocracyU. ©2012 Andrea Morisette Grazzini One might well wonder if modern-day meanings of things writ wrong in public can ever be undone.  Particularly when Washington meaning-mongers from both sides seem … Read More →

Un-Hoarding Hope

Written by . Posted on 1 Jan ’12. Filed under Community, Economy & Business, Human Rights. No comments.
Courtesy Mary Buelow

  Also published in MinnPost. January 1,  2012 Mary Buelow is a budding writer whose ability to see through superficialities and shed light on hidden truths will take her far. More important is where her … Read More →

Follow the (student) Leaders for (fun) Democracy

Written by . Posted on 27 Dec ’11. Filed under Academic & Research, Democracy, We The People, YMCA. No comments.
Paha Sapa: Play it Forward fun

  Also published at DemocracyU What can students do about democracy? While debate echoes in Congress and conference rooms about democracy, kids are achieving it via basketball in cul-de-sacs and YMCAs. Lest I’m thumped over … Read More →

From Today’s Turkey to T’giving 2012

Written by . Posted on 23 Nov ’11. Filed under Citizens, Civil Discourse. Tagged , , , . 1 Comment.
Fred Mansfield Litho, Courtesy Smithsonian

  Most Americans think Thanksgiving is uniquely American. This common thought is perplexing given most Americans debate the definition of what being an American actually is, or should be. But this being America details are … Read More →

If Hawks & Doves Married Moral Codes

Written by . Posted on 30 Sep ’11. Filed under Academic & Research, Civil Discourse, Faith and religion, Human Rights, Military. Tagged , , . 7 Comments.
Courtesy artist Annie Young

  Portions of this essay were highlighted as “comments that best represent a range of views” in The New York Times. Also published in Australia’s political and social e-journal, OnLine Opinion. Andrea Morisette Grazzini, September … Read More →

Bill Moyers — We The People are our Civilization

Written by . Posted on 30 Aug ’11. Filed under Citizens, Economy & Business, Politics & Elections, Populism, US Constitution, We The People. Tagged , , , , , , . 4 Comments.
Bill Moyers speaking at FairVoteMN event

Also published in The Patch. Andrea Morisette Grazzini, August 2011 Earlier this summer Bill Moyers illuminated for me a critical relationship between civic leaders and citizens. Amid divergent interpretations of the US Constitution, I wondered if … Read More →