Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power
אריק ליו: למה אנשים רגילים צריכים להבין כח
Eric Liu is founder of Citizen University, which teaches the art of powerful citizenship, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program. Full bio
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you who have just fallen asleep
את אלו מכם שנרדמו בזה הרגע
even a narcoleptic effect
word signifies something
exceedingly important,
אני מאמין, שהערים
that make the world go round,
אנו חושבים שהוא במידה מסויימת רשע.
here in America in particular,
כאן באמריקה במיוחד,
are profoundly illiterate
באופן משמעותי
what part of it is not,
איזה חלק ממנו לא,
why that's compounded.
למה זה מורכב.
becomes a subsidy,
לא פרופורציונלית,
למשל,
למשל,
want to see these realities.
המציאויות הללו.
that bad things just happen,
רעים פשוט קורים,
creeping fatalism in public life,
בחיים הציבוריים,
to a band of professionals,
describing a moment ago,
point that I want to make today,
לדבר עליה היום,
the common life of your city.
את שעות הפתיחה,
הסכימו על תהליך
the electric company Xcel,
אקסל,
Boulder who have been pushing this
של טוסקלוסה.
הטקטיקות,
ההזדמנות הזו
elemental questions of power?
in participatory budgeting,
spread from Porto Alegre, Brazil
מפורטו אלגרו שבברזיל
to the wards of Chicago.
למחלקות בשיקגו.
צריכת הפחמן
האוניברסיטה האזרחית,
לכשנה מעכשיו,
that you were championing,
שרציתם לקדם,
that you were able to stir.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Liu - Civics educatorEric Liu is founder of Citizen University, which teaches the art of powerful citizenship, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program.
Why you should listen
Eric Liu is an author, educator and civic entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Citizen University, which promotes and teaches the art of great citizenship through a portfolio of national programs, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program.
Liu's books include the national bestsellers The Gardens of Democracy, and The True Patriot, co-authored with Nick Hanauer. His most recent book is A Chinaman's Chance, published in July, 2014. His first book, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, was a New York Times Notable Book featured in the PBS documentary "Matters of Race." His other books include Guiding Lights: How to Mentor – and Find Life's Purpose, the Official Book of National Mentoring Month; and Imagination First, co-authored with Scott Noppe-Brandon of the Lincoln Center Institute, which explores ways to unlock imagination in education, politics, business and the arts.
Liu served as a White House speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and later as the President's deputy domestic policy adviser. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. In 2002 he was named one of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders of Tomorrow, and in 2010 he was awarded the Bill Grace Leadership Legacy Award by the Center for Ethical Leadership.
Liu lives in Seattle, where he teaches civic leadership at the University of Washington and hosts Citizen University TV, a television program about civic power. In addition to speaking regularly at venues across the country, he also serves on numerous nonprofit and civic boards. He is the co-founder of the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility. A board member of the Corporation for National and Community Service, he is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.
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