Category Archives: We The People

Cross-Partisans Against Co-Dependence

Written by . Posted on 9 Sep ’13. Filed under Barack Obama, Citizens, Civil Discourse, Congress, Cross-partisanship, Democracy, War and Peace, We The People. Tagged , , , , . No comments.

Yes, Syria is complicated. All the more reason we should not further complicate it with petty partisanship. A bittersweet byproduct of the Syrian complications is that they are producing bipartisan balance. Debates are getting closer to truly democratic, rather than just politically strategic. For this […]

Action, Not Talk, is Needed to End Gun Violence

Written by . Posted on 21 Dec ’12. Filed under Barack Obama, Citizen Movement, Civil Discourse, Democracy, Politics & Elections, Social Innovation, We The People. Tagged . 1 Comment.

After the unspeakable massacre of twenty children in Connecticut, some people seem to think that just speaking about it will solve the situation that led to such devastation. Barack Obama has called for a national conversation on guns. As has nearly every public leader and […]

“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.

  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 next year, or maybe even the year after that, because […]

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.

  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 the head by sophisticated thinkers for over-simplifying, I’ll add:  Coordinating […]

Bill Moyers — We The People are our Civilization

Written by . Posted on 30 Aug ’11. Filed under Citizens, Economy & Business, Politics & Elections, Populism, Ranked Choice Voting, US Constitution, We The People. Tagged , , , , , , . 4 Comments.

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. He was speaking at the home of Minneapolis attorney Clayton D. Halunen at a discussion on Ranked Choice Voting. Amid divergent interpretations […]

What Is DynamicShift?

Written by . Posted on 24 Feb ’11. Filed under ABOUT DynamicShift, Andrea Morisette Grazzini, Citizen Movement, Civil Discourse, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, We The People. 17 Comments.

  DynamicShift was started Fall 2009 as Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue. The grassroots initiative employs positive public kindling and productive discourse to illuminate civility.  It encourages and mediates innovative dialogues that transcend ideologies, engage shared values and create mutually-productive change by highlighting interconnections among different community […]