Notes Introduction: Beyond Slash-and-Burn Politics (pages –) . Jonathan Sacks, The Politics of Hope (London: Vintage, ), , xix. . Used originally in his speech to the nation outlining our future course on Nov. , , this became a stock formulation. Thus, for instance, in his foreword to the Life magazine special issue, “The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September ,” President Bush posed the rhetorical question, “What can I do to help in our fight?” and declared, “The answer is simple. All of us can become a September volunteer.” . David Frum, “Building a Coalition, Forgetting to Rule,” New York Times, Aug. , . . Adam Nagourney, “Legacy Laden with Protégés,” New York Times, Aug. , . . Franklin quoted in Richard Stengel, “A Time to Serve,” Time magazine cover story, Sept. , , p. . . Kelly Heskett, “Myself as a Citizen,” quoted by Victor Bloomfield, Public Engagement Blog, May , , http://blog.lib.umn.edu/victor/ publicengagement. Chapter 1: Working Together (pages –) . Manning Marable, “Black History and the Vision of Democracy,” in The New Populism: The Politics of Empowerment, ed. Harry C. Boyte and Frank Riessman (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, ), –. . Marie Ström, Institute for Democracy in South Africa, , in collaboration with the , handout in author’s possession. . This account is adapted from Harry C. Boyte and Nan Kari, “Unsung C H A P T E R T I T L E • 189 Heroes,” New Democrat (July-Aug. ): –, and “Taking the Public Out of Public Art,” Wall Street Journal, Aug. , . . Richard C. Harwood, “The Nation’s Looking Glass,” Kettering Review (Spring ): –, –. . Dean Mohs, Celebrating and Encouraging Community Involvement of Older Minnesotans: A Snapshot of Current Minnesota Baby Boomers and Older Adults. Minnesota Board of Aging, report in author’s possession, Apr. , p. , . . Joan Didion, Political Fictions (New York: Knopf, ), , , –. . Donna Shalala, David Dodds Henry Lecture at University of Illinois, , transcript in author’s possession. . Email correspondence, Dec. , . . This observation about the parallels with Eastern Europeans under communism was made by David Mathews, president of the Kettering Foundation, in a conversation about positivism in . See also Harry C. Boyte, “The Struggle against Positivism,” Academe : (Aug. ), online at http:// www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe//JA/Feat/Boyt.htm. . Hubert Humphrey, Education of a Public Man: My Life and Politics (Garden City: Doubleday, ). . Ibid., –. . Quoted from Humphrey Institute student video. Presented to the Graduation Party at the Humphrey Institute, May , , Minneapolis. . Thomas Bender, Intellect and Public Life: Essays on the Social History of Academic Intellectuals in the United States (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, ). . Drawn from Harry Boyte, Civic Engagement News #, electronic newsletter of the Council on Public Engagement, ; Strong Families, Strong Schools (U.S. Department of Education, ), details the survey findings of Nathan and Betty Radcliffe, showing that percent of , elementary and secondary school educators rated their preparation for working with parents effective or very effective. Recent research by Nathan’s Center for School Change (), interviewing minority groups, the Minnesota state , and others, found percent said recent teacher graduates are not very prepared or not at all prepared to involve parents and families. . Castells quoted in David Brooks, “The Next Culture War,” New York Times, June , . . Jim Gambone and Erica Whittlinger, The Seventy-Five Percent Factor: Uncovering Hidden Boomer Values, study, on the Web at www.refirement .com/pages/executivesummarypage.html; Christian Science Monitor, Dec. , ; Harry C. Boyte, The Backyard Revolution: Understanding the New Citizen Movement (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, ). 190 • N O T E S [54.221.26.137] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 09:59 GMT) . For a rich chronicling by a major architect and organizer of the movement Project for Public Spaces, see www.publicspaces.org. . These trends are documented on the Community Wealth website, www .community-wealth.org; see also Gar Alperovitz, “The Wealth of Neighborhoods ,” Democracy: A Journal of Ideas (Summer ): –. . This history is taken from the Citizens League website, http://www .citizensleague.org, accessed July , . . Telephone interview with Sean Kershaw, July , . . From the Citizens League description, www.citizensleague .org, accessed July , . . Adapted from By the People, Citizenship Curriculum for AmeriCorps, by the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, http://www.cpn.org/tools/ manuals/Youth/americorps.html; building on Melissa Bass, Harry Boyte, et al., Making the Rules: A Public Achievement Guild Book, (Minneapolis: Project Public Life/ Humphrey Institute, ); third edition on web at http://www .cpn.org/tools/manuals/Youth/rules.html. Chapter 2: Minnesota’s Living Civic Culture (pages –) . Nina Archabal, introduction to Minnesota, Real and Imagined: Essays on the State and Its Culture, ed. Stephen R.Graubard (St. Paul...