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Discover the Real Revolution Unfolding across AmericaAmerica faces huge challenges - climate change, social injustice, racist violence, economic insecurity. Journalist Sarah van Gelder suspected that there were solutions, and she went looking for them, not in the centers of power, where people are richly rewarded for their allegiance to the status quo, but off the beaten track, in rural communities, small towns, and neglected urban neighborhoods. She bought a used pickup truck and camper and set off on a 12,000-mile journey through eighteen states, dozens of cities and towns, and five Indian reservations. From the ranches of Montana to the coalfields of Kentucky to the urban cores of Chicago and Detroit, van Gelder discovered people and communities who are remaking America from the ground up.
About the Author
Sarah van Gelder is co-founder and editor-at-large of YES! Magazine. Her four-month road trip is the subject of her latest book, "The Revolution Where You Are: Stories From a 12,000 Mile Journey Across a New America."
She writes, speaks, and is a guest on radio and television. Her topics: Cooperative economics, local foods, solving the climate challenge, alternatives to prisons, and inclusive communities. In short, her obsession is the grassroots changes that are contributing to a more just and sustainable world.
Sarah lives on the Suquamish Tribe's reservation and has lived in India, China, and Central America.
You can find her blog about her road trip, events, and talks here https://revolutionwhereyoulive.org and follow her on Twitter @SarahvanGelder
