Danielle Allen joined Colleen Shogan of “In Pursuit” for a fantastic discussion of John Adams. Danielle’s excellent column on John Adams highlighted how great leaders succeed by elevating others; skillfully delegating authority to other qualified leaders is essential in a republic. In Pursuit is celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with a weekly series on every U.S. President, written by an all-star contributor cast of top-notch academics and even a handful of former Presidents— including George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
In the spirit of the Founders, the Renovator Assembly this Thursday is an awesome opportunity to connect with other people doing real work to Renovate Democracy. This Thursday’s special assembly on Zoom will be hosted by Danielle and Juli Lucky, the woman responsible for bringing ranked choice voting and all-party primaries to Alaska! We hope you’ll join us, so that we can all work together to Renovate Democracy across America.
John Adams
John Adams—the “Colossus of Independence”—was an acclaimed politician, lawyer, writer, and constitutional thinker. He started life as a bookish young man on a family farm in Braintree, Massachusetts, where his father was a deacon in the Congregational Church. Fiercely loyal to the cause of America, Adams would go on to serve as Massachusetts’s delegate …
The Renovator Assembly
The Renovator was founded to bring together people doing real work for democracy all across the country. The Renovator Assembly fulfills that mission— reclaiming our collective power, and activating The Renovator as a community of practice.
