I want a future where we all have safe drinking water, clean air, and a stable climate. Where we can all thrive—with healthy food to eat and a safe place to call home. Where, across the lines that often divide us, we stand up for each other and the Earth.
Perhaps you feel called to work for such a world, too, but are outraged by so many things that you don’t know where to start. Or you have been calling your elected officials and attending marches, but you sense it’s not enough to really change things.
My work is about helping people like you find your place in the growing movement for change, so you can take action that is strategic, nonviolent, and grounded in connection, not fear.
I want a future where everyone can enjoy safe drinking water, clean air, and a stable climate. Where everyone can thrive—with healthy food to eat and a safe place to call home. Where, across the lines that often divide us, we stand up for each other, and the earth.
Perhaps you feel called to work for such a world, too, but you are discouraged by the news. Maybe you are outraged by so many things that you don’t know where to start. Or you have been calling your elected officials and attending marches, but you sense it’s not enough to really change things.
I want a future where everyone can enjoy safe drinking water, clean air, and a stable climate. Where everyone can thrive—with healthy food to eat and a safe place to call home. Where, across the lines that often divide us, we stand up for each other, and the earth.
Perhaps you feel called to work for such a world, too, but you are discouraged by the news. Maybe you are outraged by so many things that you don’t know where to start. Or you have been calling your elected officials and attending marches, but you sense it’s not enough to really change things.
Common Ground now available!
In Common Ground, Quaker activist and author Eileen Flanagan explores “the illusion of separation”—the fallacy that we are separate from each other and the Earth that sustains us—which is at the root of interlocking environmental crises. While politicians and corporations benefit by keeping the rest of us divided across lines of race, class, religion, and generation, the stories in this book show that ordinary people can build powerful movements when they find common ground and take action together. More than technology or even elections, Flanagan argues that acting in solidarity with all life is humanity’s best hope for survival.
Publisher’s Weekly says: “Well researched and impassioned, this successfully mixes big ideas with frank advice.”
Resources for these Times
A handbook on being a peacekeeper in the streets which I co-wrote with Daniel Hunter.
And here are two of my recent articles:
Timely lessons for keeping people safe in the streets
What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism.
Recent Interviews
Jasmin Singer of WXXI explores the themes of Common Ground.
Marianne Barisonek of The Progressive Page Turner asks about the illusions that get in the way of building common ground.
An interview with Eleanor LeCain of All Together Now (PRN) on Trump’s divide and conquer strategy and how we can resist it.
De-escalation training before the 2024 election
Invite Me to Speak
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