I get by with a lot of help from my friends
Anyone who’s familiar with my longtime Socrates Cafe initiative, which somehow has become a global phenomenon and still has a momentum nearly 20 years after it was launched, knows that I don’t wait for funding to begun something. If I think it might help make our world move livable and lovable, I just begin, and […]
On Wolves, Wildlife, Declarations and Independence Day
Rachel Tilseth, the founder of Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin, heard me on Wisconsin Public Radio on Thursday to discuss the launch of The Declaration Project, and was moved to then post about it on her blog. Firs Rachel notes that it’s “become full time work to protect wolves and wildlife,” and she attributes to the […]
Newspaper feature about The Declaration Project.
It’s always a challenge to get the word out about an initiative, no matter how helpful you and other kindred spirits think it might be for bringing the promise of our nation more into sync with actual practice. So you can imagine my great gratitude to Mike Holtzclaw, long-time feature writer for the Daily Press, […]
Wisconsin Public Radio — Declaring Rights for ‘Childkind’ and Listener Response
The day of our official launch of Declaration Project, I was honored to be on The Kathleen Dunn Show on Wisconsin Public Radio. I noted during the hourlong program that my own MyDeclaration centered around including ‘childkind’ at long last as part of ‘all men are created equal.’ I was told that even after the interview […]
The Declaration Project Officially Launches – Spirit of ’76 Here We Come
John Adams predicted that the “second day of July, 1776 …will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival…. solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other.” Adams made that prediction because it’s the date when the delegates […]
