American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist
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American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist

  1. 188 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist

About this book

A trailblazing activist’s passionate and incisive look at why she started a movement to ensure that 26 million Americans have access to the IDs they need to escape poverty and live healthy and productive lives

American Identity in Crisis weaves together three remarkable stories: the making of an activist in the wake of the 2016 presidential election; the fight against the onerous rules that are being used to keep vulnerable and targeted populations from participating in all facets of American life -from obtaining jobs and housing to going to the polls- and how we can solve a problem that impacts millions of American adults.

Kat Calvin ties all of these threads together in profound ways. In American Identity in Crisis, she takes us on a cross-country tour as she and her team uncover one of the biggest secrets in America and learn how to solve it. We meet veterans, the unhoused, and senior citizens, and learn the story of the fierce advocate who insists on recognizing their humanity and seeing them as souls who are resilient and striving for change. 

Told in a voice that is strong and vulnerable; funny and fearless, confident and self-deprecating, American Identity in Crisis is a defense of human dignity and everyone’s right to have access to the pursuit of happiness.

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Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1: Doesn’t Everybody Have an ID?
  6. 2: A Girl, a Prius, and a Half-Baked Mission
  7. 3: The Secret Is Community
  8. 4: Disproportionate Punishment
  9. 5: Consequences of Disaster
  10. 6: Serving Those Who Served
  11. 7: The Kids Are . . . Fine
  12. 8: The Invisible Disabled
  13. 9: No One Has Ever Really Pulled Themselves Up by Their Bootstraps
  14. 10: The One Where We Talk About Voting
  15. 11: Give Me Your Tired
  16. 12: Pandemics Don’t Care About Your Gated Community
  17. Conclusion
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. About the Author
  20. Copyright
  21. About the Publisher