The former president said he hopes the initiative 'will develop, connect and elevate changemakers across the country.'
The program also seeks to combat a general cynicism that close aides to the former president say they’ve observed among young people about the prospect of genuine progress.“I’m in a different city almost every day, and what I hear is a feeling of disillusionment and social isolation and political polarization,” said, a close adviser to the former president who chairs Civic Nation’s board and serves as head of the Obama Foundation.
The problems in the pipes: As government at every level tries to untangle generations of systemic failure, residents in Jackson, Miss., still have no reliable water The initiative will also stress a locally led approach to determining what’s best for a community, promote differences of background and identity as a positive, and downplay “politics” in favor of “building bridges,” according toThe long-term hope is that the program will create a dynamic network of civic leaders who can aid one another amid local and national crises.
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