Grassroots


Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
The House on Mango Street
Sense and Sensibility
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
I Know This Much Is True
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
White Oleander
Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross, #2)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
The Thorn Birds
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Election
To Live Freely in This World by Chi Adanna MgbakoThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHustling Verse by Amber DawnMarvellous Grounds by Jin HaritawornJustine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings by Marquis de Sade
Books at The Sex Workers' Pop-Up
32 books — 2 voters
The Great Neighborhood Book by Jay WalljasperWalkable City by Jeff SpeckA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderLatino Placemaking and Planning by Jesus J. LaraStrong Towns by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Best Placemaking Books
79 books — 6 voters

Unrig by Dan G. NewmanKeep Marching by Kristin Rowe-FinkbeinerThe Sum of Us by Heather  McGheeNew Power by Jeremy HeimansCaste by Isabel Wilkerson
LCL Recommends: Social Justice Reads
100 books — 1 voter

Yu Hua
As I look back over China's sixty years under communism, I sense that Mao's Cultural Revolution and Deng's open-door reforms have given China's grassroots two huge opportunities: the first to press for a redistribution of political power and the second to press for a redistribution of economic power. ...more
Yu Hua

June Stoyer
Over the years of grassroots advocacy, I have learned: People want help, but they don’t want structure. People want leadership, but they resent authority. People want information, but they don’t understand it. People want strategy, but they panic when shown the reality. Most groups have at least one person who wants the glory, not the change. Most groups have a lot of sheep wandering without a true shepherd. This is why so many initiatives fail. Remember, chaos is what killed the dinosaurs.
June Stoyer, The Spirit of Sedona By San Dan Yi: 13 Month Engagement Planner and Journal

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