Blogging for America: Being Woke

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Being Woke

I think the best thing to have come from the Trump election & administration is that we the citizens ( and non-citizens) are woke, and we realize our responsibilities. Jean Jacques Rousseau had been right in writing that Republics were the worst form of democracy since the voters only pay attention at election time. But, we are now woke, we just have to keep paying attention and making our voices heard.

# posted by Dr. JAM : 12:13 PM

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Dr.JAM is a professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. Her main focus is teaching students to be critical thinkers and active citizens. She worked in both the Koch and Cuomo administrations before returning to academia. She teaches Modern Political Thought, Contemporary Ideologies, Feminist Political Thought, American National Government, Political Ideas and Issues, Political and Social Movements, among other courses. She writes a regular column (Walk the Talk) in InsideOut (tm). She has written many articles and books including The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage (Rowman Littlefield, 2003). An active citizen, she served on the boards of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (where she once was cook); The Grace Smith House,currently she serves on the (executive) boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at ValKill and the Ulster County Democratic Women. $>

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Being Woke

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