“We, The People”
Imagine a nation that values the humanity of everyone living in it. One where all people can participate, thrive, and shape their own futures.
This flourishing multiracial democracy in the United States is ours to create.
This week, PolicyLink launched a six-article series in partnership with the Stanford Social Innovation Review to explore how each of us can carry forward the work of generations before us to realize a flourishing nation designed for all of its people. Every week, a new article will be published exploring how we can reimagine our structures, institutions, and ways of being in service of a future where everyone can thrive.
In the first article, President and CEO Michael McAfee reflects on how the Founding Fathers of the United States did not include the whole of our country when they penned the words, “We, the People.” It is the people of this multiracial nation — families, neighbors, and communities — that have believed in more and driven us closer to the promise of democracy.
“It is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate,” he writes. “...It will be our duty, no matter the headwinds, to transform our democracy and economy in service of our collective flourishing, closing the chasm between those for whom this democracy has always worked and those who are yet to reap the benefits of this great nation, toward a country that works for all.”
A democracy that truly serves us all will be ours to experience — so long as we, the people, make it real.
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3moYes, let’s reimagine our electorate for -all ages- of family members. Making one another wait until adulthood to have our voices count is counterproductive. Children have ideas about how to thrive, too.