Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want

In this time of uncertainty about the future of democracy in America, legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappe and organizer-scholar Adam Eichen expose the well-orchestrated effort that has robbed Americans of their rightful power. But at the heart of this unique book are solutions. Even in this divisive time, Americans are uniting across causes and ideologies to create a canopy of hope the authors call the Democracy Movement. In this invigorating movement of movements, millions of Americans are leaving despair behind as they push for and achieve historic change. The movement and democracy itself are vital to us as citizens and fulfill human needs-for power, meaning, and connection-essential to our thriving. In this timely and necessary book, Lappe and Eichen offer proof that courage is contagious in the daring fight for democracy.

Frances Moore Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the Alternative Nobel.

Adam Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute, cofounded by Lappe, and a board member of Democracy Matters, and he served as deputy communications director for Democracy Spring. Lappe and Eichen work together in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Rachel Fulginiti earned a BA in Acting from the University of New Hampshire. Trained in the Meisner technique, she fine-tuned her craft on Manhattan’s stages for ten years, doing theatre, sketch comedy, and performance art, before moving to Los Angeles and transitioning to voice-over. She can be heard regularly on television and radio, voicing for brands such as Kia, McDonalds, and Target, as well as on numerous audiobooks.