Congress can fix this.
Governing means turning shared problems into durable, representative public policy. The Constitution assigns that job to Congress.
But for decades, while our attention has been consumed by the presidency, the courts, political parties, and never-ending campaigns, Congress stopped working as the Constitution intended.
We can fix Congress.
We have far more power than we realize. A surprisingly small number of voters, candidates, and newly elected representatives can make Congress govern again.
No new party. No revolution. Just one commitment voters can ask candidates to make before Election Day.
It doesn't take everyone. It takes Just 20.
Invitation from the Author
I invite you below to be part of the conversation around Just 20. You don’t need to have read the book—I’d be thrilled if you joined me for one of these Zooms.
And please feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested.
Best,
Patti
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We hear it all the time about everyday issues that impact us all: “Congress could fix this - but it won’t.” Author of Just 20, Patti Foster, answered the obvious next question: "Why won’t it?” And more importantly, “What can ordinary people do about it?”
We'd like to invite you to a conversation we think is both timely and hopeful.
Patti Foster's fascinating new book, Just 20, that explores a big idea: What can we, as citizens, do to help fix Congress?
This is civics, not politics. It’s an opportunity to better understand how Congress works, why it so often doesn’t, and what role ordinary citizens might play in creating meaningful change.
We’re offering two Zoom conversations this week and one next week and you don’t need to have read the book to participate.
“Foster offers a practical, refreshing answer to the question I hear
most about our governmental dysfunction: ‘What can one person
do to help?’ Just 20 offers the hopefulness of The West Wing
and the pragmatism of a person who’s spent her life trying to
meaningfully improve her community.”
If you think American government is not working the way it should, you’re right. Our Constitution created a democracy capable of solving our shared problems. Over time, governing gave way to politics and never-ending campaigns. Just 20 provides a practical plan any voter can understand to put our government back to work—for us. We already have the power. It is time to use it.