Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:27:08 -0500
From: Julie Fanselow <jfanselow@...>
Subject: [NCDD-DISCUSSION] Frances Moore Lappé launches Everyday Democracy Book Club January 17
To: NCDD-DISCUSSION@...

Hello everyone, and happy new year! You are all invited to the launch of our Everyday Democracy Book Club on Thursday, January 17. Join us online at http://www.DemocracySpace.org at 1 p.m. Eastern, when noted author Frances Moore Lappé will be visiting and answering questions about her new book, Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad. It's a hands-on guide to pursuing the sort of Living Democracy that  Lappé outlined in her previous book, Democracy's Edge.

Could 2008 be the year we move from a top-down "Thin Democracy" that keeps most of us trapped in narrow roles as consumers, workers, and voters, to a rich, grassroots-powered Living Democracy in which we fully claim our public lives as citizens, advocates, neighbors, buyers, savers, investors, students, workers, employers, and much more - and help others do the same? Join us Thursday and learn more.

To take part, all you need to do is surf over to http://www.democracyspace.org at 1 p.m. Eastern on Thursday.

If you'd like to ask Frankie a question, feel free to email it to me in advance at jfanselow@.... (Please include your name and city and/or organization.) We'll also take questions and comments during the hourlong event as time permits. Hope to "see" you at DemocracySpace on Thursday the 17th!

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Julie Fanselow
Writer ~ online organizer
Study Circles Resource Center
jfanselow@...
(208) 859-9006
Boise, Idaho (Mountain Time)

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