Great book!

Sometimes we forget to share great ideas and great books with others. At a time when politics has become inflammatory and sometimes downright silly, Alan presents great ideas about making things better and making government work across the aisle. Sorely needed at this time!

From Alan Khazei --


I apologize in advance for this mass email, but I wanted to thank you for your incredible support of my book launch. Thanks to so many of you, my book, Big Citizenship has made the "Boston Globe Best Sellers List"! I was skimming through the IDEAS section of the Globe yesterday and couldn't believe it when I saw Big Citizenship listed. After spending so much time on the book, it is still a little surreal for me to walk into bookstores and see it and realize that people are buying it and reading it.

I also want to thank everyone who has helped to make the launch of the book in just the past three weeks get off to such a great start. Here are just a few of the highlights.

*Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Barry Stein graciously hosted my very first book event on Martha's Vineyard with help from Phyllis Segal and others. PlumTV video'd the party and Bunch of Grapes sold the books.

*Brookline Booksmith hosted a book event and had C-Span there filming.

*Arianna Huffington and I did a joint book event at Suffolk Law School.

*City Year hosted an event with Boston's non-profit leaders that was a huge success.

*David and Katherine Bradley and Steve and Jean Case hosted a terrific book event in DC. They even had an orange drink called, "The Big Citizen".

*John Podesta at the Center for American Progress hosted a lunch discussion with me to talk about Big Citizenship. Click here to see the video of the discussion.

*This upcoming week I will be at Brandeis, with Kennedy School Alumni and then the Big Citizenship book tour heads to NYC and the West Coast for a series of events.

Check out the website at www.bigcitizenship.us to find out more about future events and press the book has gotten.

Again, thank you so much for all of your support. I am deeply grateful.

Warmly,


Alan



P.S. Don't forget you can tell someone they are a Big Citizen by sending them an e-card. Go to http://www.bigcitizenship.us/ to send.
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