Another Way Forward: Grassroots Solutions from New Mexico

Feldman, Dede

ISBN 10: 0999586408 / ISBN 13: 9780999586402

Published by Dede Feldman Co., Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Another Way Forward: Grassroots Solutions from New Mexico
• Publisher: Dede Feldman Co., Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999586408
• ISBN 13: 9780999586402
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 7W x 10H x 0.67D inches 7 inches width by 10 inches height by 0.67 inches depth
• Weight: 1.29 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics Law & Society
  • Southwest & Southwestern Americana
  • Signed Books
  • Business

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Synopsis

Another Way Forward: Grassroots Solutions from New Mexico offers hope to anyone discouraged by the nation's inability to tackle problems like poverty and health care. Award-winning author and former Senator Dede Feldman profiles innovative organizations and inspiring local leaders who are changing the world in New Mexico, one neighborhood, one clinic, one classroom at a time. She shows us what they have in common and how we can join in to make a difference from the bottom up. Feldman's alternative path to community and economic development leads through food hubs, land trusts, fire departments, outdoor classrooms, and immersive art experiences. Along the way the reader meets asparagus farmers, EMTs, neighborhood hellraisers, radical teachers, health care reformers and social entrepreneurs. Together, these resourceful citizens are drawing a roadmap to permanent jobs and healthy communities, something that often eludes national and state officials.

It "illustrates the capacity of social entrepreneurs to tackle tough problems -- with modest resources but ample creativity and determination. The solutions emerging across New Mexico have lessons to teach at the local and global levels. For anyone who seeks to build a better world starting from where they live, this book provides excellent guidance and inspiration."--David Bornstein, author, How to Change the World and co-founder, Solutions Journalism Network

About the Author

Known as one of New Mexico's most progressive leaders, Dede Feldman represented the North Valley of Albuquerque in the State Senate for 16 years. A former journalist and teacher, she is the author of Inside the New Mexico Senate: Boots, Suits and Citizens, a winner of two book awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the Arizona New Mexico Book Awards Program. With a BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania, Dede is currently a political commentator and non-profit consultant in Albuquerque, where she continues to live in the solar adobe home she and her husband Mark built in 1976.