by Charles Watts | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog
You are invited to join the 1st Empathy Surplus Congress “Caring Citizen Solutions” speaker series via Zoom this Tuesday, November 3rd, from 2-3 p.m. eastern time. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Jackie Acho, president, The Acho Group, an empathic...
by Charles Watts | May 25, 2020 | Blog
Memorial Day is a celebration of nurturant parent morality for which many progressives died. This photo is from a New York Times op-ed piece by historian David Blight, May 29, 2011. It depicts the first Decoration Day parade in 1865 of 10,000 freed slaves around the...
by Site.Manager | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog
Reframing IS social change. Building an empathy surplus in YOUR world begins with you changing your language. The Four Empathic Activities of a Caring Citizen Leader all start with the letter “I.” I INWARDLY digest and use the work of George Lakoff to frame caring...
by Site.Manager | Sep 21, 2019 | Blog
Linguistic Guidelines From Don’t Think of an Elephant 1. Progressive values are the best of American values we share with nations around the world. Stand up for your values with dignity and strength. You are a true patriot because of your values. 2. Remember that...
by Site.Manager | Sep 20, 2019 | Blog, George Lakoff
Effective caring citizens use five sets of three values repeatedly in their conversations, their letters to the editor, in their blog posts, etc. Why? Because there are two very important cognitive and linguistic tools Dr. Lakoff encourages: (1) Say what you want...
by Site.Manager | Sep 20, 2019 | Blog
Linguistic Guidelines From Don’t Think of an Elephant Our sometime advisor, George Lakoff, laid out in both editions of Don’t Think of an Elephant, linguistic guidelines that members of a Caring Citizens’ Congress strive to use everyday. The guidelines...
