Episode 47 - Kepler Knott of North Carolina on Democracy, Service & His Community Corps Project

American Tributaries

Kepler Knott lives in Raleigh, NC, where he has founded an organization, Community Corps, to promote a bottoms-up approach to universal service through localized summer citizenship boot camps. Host Michael Whidden and Kepler are each members of the organization Braver Angels, the country’s largest organization building bridges across the political divide.
Our discussion covers, among other things:
*democracy’s tandem of personal freedom and personal responsibility
*the genesis of Community Corps
*how Community Corps would work
*the need to raise our children to achieve their full potential as human beings
*embracing nuance in perceiving and critiquing the world
Kepler finds hope in the vast amounts of energy and enthusiasm he encounters in the political middle and people’s desire to be grounded, care, listen and understand.
For more information about Kepler’s project, please visit www.community-corps.com.