I have been trying to figure that out for a long time. But I think it has to do with my people’s tradition that is known as tikkun olam. This means “repairing the world” in Hebrew, and it has always been a value for me and my family. So I think democracy work fits into that value. If we repair America, we go a long way toward repairing the world. It’s actually quite a beautiful thing to think about – a repaired America that is helping the world in a positive way.
What keeps you going?
Sometimes I have thought that I need to stop. My family and my husband need me too. So I am trying to find a way to balance my life so I can give my family what it needs, and continue in this important work. I can’t imagine stopping. It just isn’t in my vision of my life.
Thank you very much, Nancy, for sharing your vision of American grass-roots democracy, and for getting this series off to a great start!
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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)
