Coffee, pastries and open ears to help fix democracy

Grant proposal for the World We Want

"Democracy was a good idea at one time, still is. But it requires an informed electorate who can think as well as receive and emit branded soundbites. To think, to feel, to come together even with those who oppose us to learn from them, to open one another's minds, to satirize one another, to laugh together, to form new friendships, to share heated argument plus coffee and danish, and to grow as human beings, and as responsible citizens - that can be done nationwide, in 100 towns and cities, for what? $150,000 net? Hope that Peter Karoff takes his project in some such direction, or that others step in."