Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen's Guide to Transformational Advocacy, 2024 Edition

Almost everyone shies away from advocacy as a way to make a difference. We donate to climate change organizations, but we don't meet with a member of Congress or write a letter to the editor. We donate to groups working to end gun violence, anti-hunger organizations, groups dedicated to racial justice, and many others, but we don't become advocates on those issues beyond signing an online petition or going to an occasional rally.

Why? Because most of us see advocacy as too hard or too frus...