A Letter From Danielle
We can get out of the trap we’re in. That starts with a vision. We invite you to join us in thinking that through and claiming it.
Dear Renovator Community,
Thank you so much for joining me in the effort to shine a light on good work underway around the country to renovate our democracy—efforts to heal our civic culture and redesign our institutions so that they can meet the moment. We have completed our first month at The Renovator! We’re proud of what we’ve sent you so far, but we are also ready to scale new heights, and we would be grateful for your feedback.
Would you please do us the favor of completing this reader survey?
Also, with this email, we are sending you the complete set of my first seven columns: The Bear series. I hope that with the metaphor of America as a bear in the woods with its foot in a trap, beset by wolves, with a wildfire raging, I’ve managed to capture our current predicament AND point to a way out. With these columns on responsive governance, a rebalanced economy, and safety without a police state, I hope I’ve introduced a fresh and compelling policy agenda.
We think this PDF would make a great book group text—something to use to think through our current moment and begin to look to the future. We’ve added discussion questions to support your use of it this way.
This is an invitation to take your own engagement in Democracy Renovation to the next level by pulling in some of your friends and associates for conversation about America’s Future. We can get out of the trap we’re in. That starts with a vision. We invite you to join us in thinking that through and claiming it.
Thanks, again, for joining us for this Renovation journey.
Yours sincerely,



