In this 7 minute interview on Thom Hartmann’s TV program The Big Picture Sam Daley-Harris discusses the Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation, Reclaiming Our Democracy and what it takes to empower citizens to make a difference with their voices as citizens.
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C-SPAN – Sam Daley-Harris at the Aspen Institute Discusses His Book Reclaiming Our Democracy
Sam Daley-Harris talked about his book, Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government, in which he discusses how citizens can come together to exert political power. Mr. Daley-Harris spoke about his book at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C.
Lobbying For the Greater Good
The New York Times wrote, “We don’t often hear stories like this—stories about ordinary citizens working powerfully side-by-side with elected officials—particularly citizens who don’t come bearing campaign checks. That’s why it’s important to understand how these changes were achieved and how much more may be possible than most citizens imagine.” Link to the full article […]
Author Urges Activists to Think Big
TAMPA — Consider the issue of preventable infant deaths – from malaria, diarrhea, measles and the like. In the mid-1980s, that number stood at 41,000 globally every day; it’s now down to about 18,000 a day. “That didn’t happen from trick-or-treating for UNICEF,” said Sam Daley-Harris, author, social activist and founder of the anti-poverty lobby […]
PBS Interview with Ted Capener
Sam Daley-Harris talks with Ted Capener about how he let go of his hopelessness and discouragement in the early ’80s and founded the grassroots lobby, RESULTS, to harness the power of citizens to end global poverty. Daley-Harris talks about the state of microcredit today, the work of his newest organization, the Center for Citizen Empowerment […]
TEDx Talk: Poverty, Purpose, Pitfalls and Redemption
Sam Daley-Harris talks about how committing his life to ending global poverty has given purpose to his life, the pitfalls he must overcome in his work, and how seeing redemption in the work that he supports has returned him to his original vision and purpose.
You dream big.
Now dream bigger.
Now dream bigger.
Sam Daley-Harris is the author of Reclaiming Our Democracy which President Jimmy Carter calls "A road map for global involvement in planning a better future." In it Daley-Harris shares how he and the citizen advocacy organizations he has founded or coached have catalyzed the energy of thousands of volunteers to score significant legislative and policy wins.
