American Democracy Is at a Low Point. We Need To Strengthen It at the Local Level.
I was surprised to open one of my favorite websites, Next City, to see an op-ed I wrote for them sitting at the top of the homepage! I was thrilled to write this piece for NextCity's 20th Anniversary Solutions of the Year Magazine. My favorite part was getting to fanboy some of the truly amazing place-based work happening at the community level across the US, including CivicLex, The Village Square, the Appalachian Media Institute at Appalshop, Warm Cookies of the Revolution, and the New York Civic Engagement Commission.
Big thanks to Deonna Anderson for asking me to write this piece and to Lucas Grindley and all the NextCity team for all that they do to highlight equitable solutions happening in communities across this beautiful country. ❤️