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-I'm so excited to share
with you my new book,

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“Live Like a Citizen,
Eight Ways to Change Your

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Mindset in Our Country.”

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Don't worry, this is not
about all the things that

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make us want to
throw up in our

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politics right now.

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It's not about midterm
elections or the president

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of the United States or anything
happening in Washington, DC.

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It is about the base layer
underneath all of that.

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In this age of
dehumanization, it's

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about how we remember to
be and be with each other

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in community.

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So the book is structured
around eight elemental verbs--

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how to see, how to listen,
how to feel, how to join,

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how to fight, how to change,
how to imagine, and how to

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commit. When we actually embrace
those ways of being with each

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other in community, in our
city here in Seattle, then

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we have a chance actually
of making contagious

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across the country a
renewal of civic life.

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In fact, it's the only way,
and I hope you'll join me.

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- Eric's book tour
includes a stop

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at Seattle's Downtown
Central Library

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on Tuesday, October 20th.

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More information is at
citizenuniversity.us.