Synopsis
Most of us don't believe we play a part in the decisions made by our government, and this feeling of impotence has led to years of public apathy.
The 10th anniversary edition of Reclaiming Our Democracy once again brings to the fore a unique vision to meet this crisis: ordinary people taking extraordinary action, becoming citizen leaders in order to create a democracy "as if people mattered." The story is told through the inspiring action of RESULTS, an international grassroots citizens' lobby committed to healing the break between people and government, and creating the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty.
RESULTS has played a leading advocacy role in campaigns that have dramatically increased global immunization rates, saving the lives of millions of children, and produced a revolution in banking--microcredit--which is providing tiny, life-changing loans to millions of the world's poorest people. A domestic branch of RESULTS now focuses on issues like early childhood education and childcare in the United States. Such activism is needed more than ever today. According to the Washington Post, "There is not a rich lobby in Washington that wouldn't trade its limos for [RESULTS'] achievements...." Parade magazine has said of the group, "They defy the odds."
In the words of Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, "We aren't passengers on spaceship earth. We're the crew." Reclaiming Our Democracy is for anyone who wants to learn how to make a difference. It's an operator's manual for citizens on spaceship Earth.
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SAM DALEY-HARRIS married Shannon Daley in 1995 and changed his name from Harris to Daley-Harris. He is the founder of RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund, as well as director of the Educational Fund's largest project, the Microcredit Summit, a nine-year campaign to reach 100 million of the world's poorest families--especially the women of those families--with credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the end of 2005. Daley-Harris lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, their son Micah, and their daughter Sophie.
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