Civil Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 3: Citizen Story Paradigm Shift
LIVE PANEL WITH CITIZEN TRIPP
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Hosted by Tripp Gomez, this live panel brings together growers, organizers, journalists, data storytellers and community advocates to talk about what citizenry looks like for ordinary people.
Featuring Lawrence, Tony, Brie McReynolds, David Larrick Smith, James Li and Tiffany Cianci, this conversation digs beneath the narratives we’ve inherited about power, responsibility and what regular people are capable of. They trace the growing shift away from the consumer story—a worldview that tells us to shop, cope and stay exhausted—and toward the citizen story, where agency is shared, values matter and change becomes something we do, not something we buy.
Gomez and the panel explore what citizen power looks like in practice, and how “home” is something we build through relationship and action.
Across food sovereignty, anti-apathy organizing, media literacy, foster-care advocacy and neighborhood-scale cooperation, the panelists reveal what’s been hidden in plain sight: that we already share more values than we’re told and that participation is the smallest radical act with the biggest ripple.
Watch the full conversation to hear their stories and the emerging blueprint for a culture rooted in shared responsibility.
What citizen act will you take next?
Book Referenced:
Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us by Jon Alexander
Panelist Resources:
@fellow_citizens on TikTok
