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"Do you care deeply about the state of our society and don't see yourself as an activist but want to do something powerful to make a difference? Or maybe you are an activist and are frustrated that your efforts aren't bearing fruit? This book is for you! No more pleading with government and corporate power-holders who don't care what you think. No more testifying at public hearings where the law requires that they ask for public input but the decision has already been made. It's time to breakout of the ""cage of allowable activism"" and learn how We the People can become a more powerful force for good. (Yes, you belong to that group!) Don't give up. It's not hopeless. Read this book and get more active in a way that brings real change! - Paul Cienfuegos Paul Cienfuegos is a leader in the Community Rights movement, which works to dismantle the absurdity of corporate personhood and other corporate constitutional so-called ""rights"" and assert We the People's inherent right to govern ourselves. He has led workshops and organized communities across the U.S. since 1995. Paul moved to Portland, Oregon in 2011 and co-founded the Oregon Community Rights Network in 2013. Paul is the Founding Director of Community Rights US: www.CommunityRights.US."

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I have known Paul Cienfuegos for 40 years. He was fresh out of college when he experienced an early form of the experiential group process known now as the Work That Reconnects. Immediately recognizing its potential, he acquired the basics of its facilitation before leaving as planned for Scotland. There, in the workshops he began offering, local people felt free to speak out against their government hosting US nuclear missiles and planes, and letting their land be used as target practice and launching pad for President Reagan's campaign against the Soviet Union. By the time I arrived two years later in 1983, Paul's work had grown a network of active groups in towns across Scotland and England. Now, eager to host us, they were recruiting for workshops for us to co-lead. Our unforgettable two-week tour allowed me to see Paul with fresh eyes: I witnessed his efficacy as an organizer, his political smarts and natural warmth, his passion for empowering people, the deep well of his caring. Out of this caring, leadership grew from among the Scottish and English ranks and a national organization took form, called Interhelp UK. Over recent decades, these capacities of Paul's are manifest in Community Rights US. This spunky organization shows communities (towns, counties) how to protect their natural resources from corporate exploitation by knowing and claiming rights they already possess. It is wonderful to know about, and sets me to thinking of the passion for democracy I experienced in Paul Cienfuegos 40 years ago. - JOANNA MACY, author of World As Lover, World As Self Paul Cienfuegos is the Thomas Paine of our time, sounding the alarm about threats to democracy, and reminding us that each of us together has the power to transform our lives and society. How Dare We? Courageous Practices to Reclaim Our Power as Citizens is an inspiring collection of must-read pieces as we work to protect what is vital and work toward deep democracy. - CHUCK COLLINS, director at Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies, co-editor of Inequality.org, and author of The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Save Trillions

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"Paul Cienfuegos is a leader in the Community Rights movement, which works to dismantle the absurdity of corporate personhood and other corporate constitutional so-called ""rights"" and assert We the People's inherent right to govern ourselves. He has led workshops and organized communities across the U.S. since 1995. Paul moved to Portland, Oregon in 2011 and co-founded the Oregon Community Rights Network in 2013. Paul is the Founding Director of Community Rights US: www.CommunityRights.US."

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