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REUNITING AMERICA a Toolkit for Changing the Political Game by Joseph Mccormick and Steve Bhaerman 1 REUNITING AMERICA A Toolkit for Changing the Political Game By Joseph McCormick and Steve Bhaerman Copyright ©2011 by Joseph McCormick All Rights Reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without permission of Joseph McCormick. Disclaimer: This book is designed to provide information in regard to the subject matter covered. The purpose of the book is to educate. The authors, editors, and publisher shall have neither liability of responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any perceived loss or damage caused, directly or indirectly, By the information contained in this book. ISBN: 978-0-9833415-8-1 Published by: Seattle, Washington www.CorPublicum.us 2 “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” —Abraham Lincoln, 1858, three years prior to the American Civil War _______________________________ "This is not a grassroots revolutionary uprising to overthrow the system ... it is a transpartisan evolutionary upwising to overgrow the system." —Steve Bhaerman, aka Swami Beyondananda 3 Table of Contents Foreword: An Evolutionary Upwising, by Steve Bhaerman ......................................................... 7 Introduction: America’s Midlife Opportunity .................................................................................. 13 Section I: Journey of a Serious Citizen .................................................................................................. 17 Political Climate Change ............................................................................................................................. 17 My American Dream ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Lack of Integrity Equals Dis-Integration .............................................................................................. 26 The “Upwising” ............................................................................................................................................... 28 Political Epiphany—Marrying the Mother’s and Father’s Values............................................... 30 Gone to Look for America ........................................................................................................................... 33 From Red vs. Blue to “We the Purple” ................................................................................................... 34 Reuniting America—Take One ................................................................................................................. 37 Transpartisan Coalitions: Success and Limitations .......................................................................... 40 Wisdom Councils: A Symbolic Voice for We the People ................................................................. 42 Grassroots “Overgrowing” the System .................................................................................................. 44 The Transpartisan Alliance—Envisioning a Movement-of-Movements .................................. 46 Whole Brain Politics ..................................................................................................................................... 50 Section II: Lessons Learned ........................................................................................................................ 52 An Emerging Movement-of-Movements ............................................................................................... 52 Convene ................................................................................................................................................................ 53 Deciding to Engage ........................................................................................................................................ 53 Early Adopters ................................................................................................................................................ 54 The New Citizen—The New Nobility ..................................................................................................... 56 Transpartisan Organizing ........................................................................................................................... 57 Groups of Groups ........................................................................................................................................... 60 4 Align........................................................................................................................................................................ 61 Transpartisan Toolkit .................................................................................................................................. 61 Blessing and Intention ............................................................................................................................. 62 Listening from the Heart ........................................................................................................................ 63 Bridging Language .................................................................................................................................... 63 Curiosity ........................................................................................................................................................ 64 Managing Emotional Triggers .............................................................................................................. 64 Polarity Management ................................................................................................................................... 66 Citizens in Recovery ..................................................................................................................................... 68 Speaking Truth about Power .................................................................................................................... 70 Strategize ............................................................................................................................................................. 73 Stages of Dialogue .......................................................................................................................................... 73 Personal Stories ......................................................................................................................................... 73 Values ............................................................................................................................................................. 74 Politics (Positions) .................................................................................................................................... 74 Policies ........................................................................................................................................................... 76 Citizen Education ........................................................................................................................................... 76 Act ............................................................................................................................................................................ 80 Transpartisan Coalitions ............................................................................................................................ 80 Boycott/Buycott ............................................................................................................................................. 81 Threshold Activism ....................................................................................................................................... 83 Sunshine Councils .......................................................................................................................................... 85 Economic Localization ................................................................................................................................. 87 Political Localization .................................................................................................................................... 89 Changing the Game ....................................................................................................................................... 90 5 Section III: 27 Principles of Transpartisan Citizen Empowerment ...................................... 93 PRINCIPLE 1: Do unto others as they would have you do unto them .................................. 93 PRINCIPLE 2: Transpartisanship ........................................................................................................ 93 PRINCIPLE 3: Open space, exclude no one ...................................................................................... 94 PRINCIPLE 4: No illusion of inclusion ............................................................................................... 94 PRINCIPLE 5: Council of twelve ........................................................................................................... 95 PRINCIPLE 6: Ask powerful questions .............................................................................................. 97 PRINCIPLE 7: Emergent agenda .........................................................................................................
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