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Kim Borchers is the President and Owner of Bird Dog Recruitment & Consulting LLC. She also served as the Executive Director of Leadership Development at a National Think Tank called The Foundation for Government Accountability. She’s spent 20 years in grassroots movements and was Chief of Staff for Governor Sam Brownback in Kansas. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-borchers-8758385/ 5:45 - How to successfully engage with your community 9:00 - Introduction: What is civic engagement? 9:50 - Benjamin Franklin on the responsibility of citizens to protect the republic 16:50 - Eric Liu video: why ordinary people need to understand power 17:20 - Putting it in Context 19:30 - The values promoted by civic engagement 27:30 - Democracy in America by Alexis de Toqueville 34:10 - Free To Choose by Milton and Rose D. Friedman 36:30 - Current Challenges and Areas for Reform 40:30 - The courage to elevate the conversation 41:40 - Media and the dangers of confirmation bias 59:30 - Citizen academies 1:07:30 - Path to civic leadership Subscribe to TCL on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR03IkIycQdu5B-4b8xsDyg