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ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers147: Emma Addams: Can a Quilt Change how Congress Listens— & How you Practice Democracy at Home?Can a Quilt Change how Congress Listens—& How you Practice Democracy at Home?If you’re exhausted by performative politics and digital outrage, this episode offers a deeply grounded alternative. Discover how everyday acts of creation and conversation can rebuild civic trust—and how women across America are using quilting to stitch together a more ethical and inclusive democracy, one square at a time.Learn how to transform local conflict into creative fuel for durable, democratic collaboration.Hear the inspiring story of how one woman’s quiet act of stitching sparked a nation...
2025-10-1548 min
Friends & Fellow Citizens#177: Restoring Power and Agency to the Public for Civic Studies and Renewal feat. Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Harry BoyteMost Americans would say civics is very important to our democracy. But how often do members of the public ask themselves "What should we do?" This dual-guest episode features Dr. Peter Levine of Tufts University and Dr. Harry Boyte of the Institute for Public Life and Work, who are two longtime friends and fellow experts in the fields of civic studies and public work respectively. Hear the ways we can come together to actively renew our civics for a more resilient democratic system of government.Learn more about Dr. Levine and the Tisch College at T...
2025-08-041h 17
ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers111: Is Democracy a Creative Practice?DEMOCRACY is a practice that we haven't been practicing. The gap between the story we've been telling ourselves about our participatory democracy and our actual experience leaves us unprepared for the Resistance and Reclamation project that we're about to undertake. To get better at Democracy, we need to treat it as a creative practice!This is the first of two episodes that explore the intricate relationship between art and democracy. This episode delves into the idea that democracy is not merely a system of voting, but a dynamic practice that requires active participation and creativity from its...
2024-11-2751 min
Derate The HateReviving a Sense of Community... DTH Episode 194 with Harry C. BoyteSend Wilk a text with your feedback!Reviving a sense of community and reflecting on his time working with Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Jr.'s message was rooted in uplifting the people and organizing Americans for a better sense of community. He passionately advocated for equality, justice, and unity, envisioning a society where individuals transcended racial and social divides to stand together in solidarity. King's powerful speeches, such as his iconic "I Have a Dream" address, emphasized the importance of love, understanding, and nonviolent resistance in pursuing a more harmonious society...
2024-01-1747 min
Derate The HateNonviolence and a Needed Revival of Humanity and Moral Clarity... DTH Episode 183 with Harry Boyte and Marie StrömSend Wilk a text with your feedback!Nonviolence and a Needed Revival of Humanity and Moral Clarity Learning not to hate those with whom we disagree is a profound lesson in cultivating empathy and understanding. Often, violence and hate stem from a sense of feeling devalued or misunderstood. Embracing the idea that everyone's perspective is shaped by unique experiences can foster compassion and bridge the gaps that divide us. In the Christian faith, there is a powerful call to love one's neighbor and even one's enemies. This ethos encourages believers to rise above a...
2023-10-1841 min
ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers79: Harry Boyte: Democracy & ImaginationThroughout his career, activist, organizer, educator, and author Harry Boyte. has asked a simple, but obviously challenging question: How can we make democracy an everyday practice for everyone? Given the warnings about the end of democracy, our discussion about role of culture in the labor and civil rights movements, and the inseparable nature of imagination and democracy is timely, to say the least. BIOHarry C. Boyte is a co-founder with Marie Ström of the Public Work Academy and Senior Scholar of Public Work Philosophy, both at Augsburg University. He also founded the international y...
2023-08-3048 min
Listen, Organize, Act! Organizing & Democratic PoliticsS2.E4.2: Bayard Rustin - Part 2Building on the previous episode, this one continues to discuss the work of Bayard Rustin and the overlapping struggles that shaped his vision of democracy and his approach to organizing. I do so with Harry Boyte. We focus on Rustin’s practice as an organizer, his conception of nonviolence as a form of democratic politics, and how to understand Rustin’s classic 1964 essay “From Protest to Politics,” as well as what Rustin has to teach us today. Along the way, Harry tells dramatic stories about his own work as an organizer and unfolds why Rustin's approach shows how distinctions between l...
2022-09-081h 12Listen, Organize, Act! Organizing & Democratic PoliticsS1.E6: Institutions: Why They're Vital for Democratic PoliticsBuilding on the previous episodes on power and leadership, in this episode I examine the place of institutions in organizing, discussing what is an institution, what makes for a healthy institution, how and why institutions are central to the kind of place-based, relationally driven democratic politics organizing undertakes, and why without them the individual is left naked before the power of the market and the state. Also reflected on is a key rule of organizing, which is that all organizing is in the first instance disorganizing.GuestsMartin Trimble is Co-Director...
2021-03-251h 01
Degrees of ImpactCitizen ProfessionalismWhat is a citizen professional? How must higher education prepare professionals differently? Why do professionals need to see themselves as citizens working with citizens and not on citizens? These questions and more are addressed in this interview with Harry Boyte, the leading scholar on the subject of citizen professionalism. His writings can be found at Academic.edu.Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Degrees of Impact, where we explore innovative ideas and the people behind them in higher education. To learn more about NACU and our programs, visit
2020-11-0925 min
The Braver Angels PodcastUnderstanding Nonviolence | Harry Boyte, Damien Conners, April Lawson & John Wood, Jr.The philosophy of Nonviolence guided the moral leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in a struggle for freedom and justice that inspired the world. Dr. King's philosophy birth a vision for American society that still challenges the conscience of the nation. And yet the true substance and practice of Nonviolence is largely forgotten today. How can we understand Nonviolence? How do we apply it in our current struggle? Veteran of the Civil Rights Movement Professor Harry Boyte of Augsburg University and Damien Conners, former executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, join April Lawson and John...
2020-08-1750 min
The NAB Project PodcastNAB Podcast: Harry Boyte on the Need for Citizen Scholars and Community Anchored Civic Higher EducationHow are the public and civic roles of higher education transforming in response to the current health and economic crises? How do we build opportunities for civic science, that both respects expertise in times of crises, but does not fall into disempowering reliance on hierarchical solutions? How do we as scholars and teachers escape often condescending cynicism and simplification of those who flout basic public health protocols and respect them as fellow citizen-creators?
On this episode we tackle these questions and more with NAB advisor and colleague Harry Boyte, a philosopher, community organizer, citizen scholar, and higher...
2020-07-271h 16
Answers Network Radio Show"Democracy's Education""Democracy's Education: Public Work, Citizenship, and the Future of Colleges and
Universities"
Show Guest: Harry C. Boyte
According to Harry Boyte, today Americans feel powerless in the face of problems on every front. Such
feelings are acute in higher education, where educators are experiencing an avalanche of changes and college
graduates are face mounting debt and uncertain job prospects. Higher education is increasingly seen as a
ticket to individual success-a private good, not a public one. Don't miss this important discussion as Harry
C. Boyte challenges educators and their partners to claim their power to change and the urgent need...
2015-06-0155 min