a b Brown, Mark (28 September 2015). "Claudia Rankine's Citizen wins Forward poetry prize". the Guardian. Adviceline’s available 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. It’s usually busiest at the beginning and end of the day. It's not available on public holidays. Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director, Stanford University Cyber Policy Center, and author, Democracy.com Jon Alexander's New Citizenship Project speaks to action in the real world but has an immensely solid base in ideas as expressed in words, the meanings and applications of which he first teases out and then rams home with elan and gusto in this bravely inspiring book.' Learn skills — Think about how your business can train customers to participate in the company’s purpose.

A primary component of the Revolution, which sought "liberty, justice, and fraternity", was de-Christianization of France. A lesson Schama's and Hibbert's books provide is that when men and women seek social reform by depending on "reason" absent faith in God, then the result of that reform will more often be despotism. With all the resources and ingenuity at our dispoal, we humans can solve our problems. But we don't. Why not ? And what can you and I do about it ? In 2014, Alexander co-founded the New Citizenship Project, to help companies and organisations transition into Citizen organisations. His team put together a list of things to do to make the Citizen way of thinking more accessible to businesses, organisations and individuals. Here are the New Citizenship Project’s Seven Modes of Everyday Participation: Foley, Hugh (2015-10-13). " 'The Full Force of Your American Positioning' ". The Oxonian Review . Retrieved 2022-01-28. I feel like Citizen is one of those books everyone’s read in some portion. By my middling review, I definitely don’t mean to take away anything from Claudia Rankine’s work—I know it made many people more cognizant about the racial issues in this country, and that’s always a great thing—but four years later, it felt a bit off-base for me.Because when our institutions treat people as creative, empowered creatures rather than consumers, everything changes. Jon is working with a set of ideas and tools that have the potential to change politics forever. In fact, they could change everything forever.' Morse, Sandell (2016-01-18). "A Review of Claudia Rankine's Citizen, An American Lyric". Brevity . Retrieved 2022-01-27. Claudia Rankine demands answers: What did you just say? Did you really just say that? Did that really come out of your mouth? Why do you think it's okay for you to talk to me like that? Why don't you write about this? Why do you feel comfortable saying this to me? In this engaging book, Jon lays out his full vision for how this mindset shift can transform not just business, but NGOs and governments too.'

I've never been more convinced he has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied, fundamentally needed and genuinely offers a chance of change. Get on board for his new work, now. I am.' We’ll answer as soon as we can - at busy times you might need to wait up to an hour. If the wait is long, we’ll tell you about other ways to get advice. You can also try calling again later. The shift from consumer to citizen is a truly big idea. If you’re in a position of strategic influence, I strongly recommend you engage with this and consciously explore what it might mean for your organisation.' This uniquely accessible guided journal ignites your inner curiosity and encourages self-discovery through thought-provoking questions about the cultures you have experienced - including your own - all while helping you become a more inquisitive, aware, observant, and engaged world citizen.Is this book about poliitics ? Is it about business ? The arts, environment, science, technology, finance ? My own field of building and infrastructure ? It is a book about all of these because it is a book about patterns in how we think about ourselves and each other. Only a true hermit would have no use for this book. The book consists of seven poetic sections accompanied by images of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and screen grabs. Some have called the book one single poem, while others break it into its various sections, considering each its own poem. Although few of the poems have formal titles, they are strung together with consistent themes and prosaic tendencies. Give time — Customers know your product best. Think about how you can use their experience and enable them to work with your business.

The book consists of seven chapters interspersed with images and artworks. The first chapter details microaggressions Rankine and her friends have experienced. The second chapter discusses the YouTube character Hennessy Youngman (created by Jayson Musson) and racial incidents in the life of Serena Williams. The third chapter features more microaggressions and the nature of racist language. In the fourth chapter Rankine writes of the transition of sighs into aches, the nature of language, memory, and watching tennis matches in silence. Chapter five is a complex poem on self-identity interspersed with more microaggressions.

About this site

In many ways the French Revolution and, for that matter, the monarchy of King Louis XVI, preceeded the social engineering advocated by Lenin and Marx. A social safety net, wage and price controls, and taxation of products, land and incomes, were halmarks of the Revolution. Many of these reforms were later abandoned out of necessity because they caused shortages and economic stagnation. Kellaway, Kate (2015-08-30). "Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine review – the ugly truth of racism". the Guardian . Retrieved 2022-01-28. David Grayson, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University School of Management and co-author of The Sustainable Business Handbook He points out that, unsurprisingly, the revolution was started at the Palais-Royale, Versailles by the inflationary bread prices causing not just a “dearth but of famine”. Against the splendour, wealth and excess of Versailles, people starved. Being able to chart the lives of crowned heads and the newly elevated “citizens” is a fundamental strength of the book. JON ALEXANDER began his career with success in advertising, winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year before making a dramatic change.