Common Ground cid_5469 And Gavin knew that he

And Gavin knew that he was a boy—even if others saw him as a girl

goaded by the activism of Frederick Douglass and many others

Drawing on scores of personal interviews

we have lost sight of what it means—and this is leading us into crisis

and what to do when someone's problems put the person or others in harm’s way

Common Ground cid_5469 And Gavin knew that heIn Common Ground, veteran organizer Eileen Flanagan weaves together a series of stories of hard won successes in the climate change movement, including against a multinational bank in one case, and a heavily polluting fossil fuel company in another, based on grassroots organizing. As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, the book describes a groundswell of action in which citizens of all ages, races and political stripes