The Public Good – clmcdermid

Save Our Snow Days! We Lose Something When We Go Remote During Bad Weather

Mar 14, 2021

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in #getoutside, Education, Social Distancing, The Public Good, Work

Among all the things potentially ruined by the pandemic, this one is minor, and many adults may not even grieve the loss. But I hope that I am wrong and the pandemic has not permanently eliminated snow days. There is a lot to be cherished in weather closures, for kids and adults. It starts with…

Part Eight: Different Realities

Aug 28, 2020

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clmcdermid

in Community, Duties and Responsibilities, Keeping the Faith, Media, Polarization, The Public Good, The Public Interest, What it Could Look Like

This post is part of my series Keeping the Faith: Fostering Engaged Citizenship in the US. My Mom and I sat down over the last two weeks and watched the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention. The experience made it terrifyingly apparent just how different our realities are as Americans. Camp Red America…

Part Six: Internets in the Public Interest

Aug 7, 2020

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in Duties and Responsibilities, Keeping the Faith, Media, Polarization, The Public Good, The Public Interest, What it Could Look Like

This post is part of my series Keeping the Faith: Fostering Engaged Citizenship in the US. Our Common Purpose: Reinventing Democracy for the 21st Century highlights many things that are wrong in our democracy. Our institutions aren’t as representative as they could be. Our voting system is antiquated. Our politicians aren’t responsive. Our civil society…

Part Five: Civil Society

Jul 31, 2020

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in Duties and Responsibilities, Education, Keeping the Faith, Polarization, Socioeconomics, The Public Good, What it Could Look Like

This post is part of my series Keeping the Faith: Fostering Engaged Citizenship in the US. Part One: A Democracy in Crisis Part Two: It Doesn’t Have to be Like This — Practical Ways to Fix our Elections Part Three: Getting Off our Arses and Voting! Part Four: Too Busy to be the Public? Part…

Part Four: Too Busy to be the Public?

Jul 24, 2020

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clmcdermid

in Community, Duties and Responsibilities, Keeping the Faith, Socioeconomics, The Public Good, What it Could Look Like, Work

This post is part of my series Keeping the Faith: Fostering Engaged Citizenship in the US. Jefferson County, Colorado, where I live, is having a virtual public ‘meeting’ about changes to one of the main drags through my town. They’ve done some work trying to promote it, sending postcards to impacted neighborhoods, making a few announcements on…

Category: The Public Good

Save Our Snow Days! We Lose Something When We Go Remote During Bad Weather

Part Eight: Different Realities

Part Six: Internets in the Public Interest

Part Five: Civil Society

Part Four: Too Busy to be the Public?