SUSAN C. STRONG, Ph.D., is the Executive Director and Founder of The
Metaphor
Project <www.metaphorproject.org>. Begun in
1997, the Project helps
activists learn how to mainstream their own messages
with language that evokes the
best American values. Susan C. Strong brings
both in-depth academic,
research, and activist experience to her work with
the Metaphor Project. She taught
communication about contemporary issues at
U.C. Berkeley's Rhetoric
Department for more than a decade and also at the
Communications Department
of St. Mary's College.
On the activist side, she is
a former Senior Research Associate at the Center
for Economic Conversion
(Mountain View), a former Peace Action
National Board member, representing
California, and served as a National
Peace Action Strategy Co-Chair. She was
a co-founder of the original Peace
Action Peace Economy Campaign and a
co-founder of The "Who's Counting?"
Project. Her writing has been published
on Alternet, Common Dreams,
in The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston
Review, The San Francisco
Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee and nationally
syndicated by Pacific News
Service and The Progressive Media Project, among
many other venues.
I'm excited about representing The Metaphor Project at the Netroots Nation Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, August 13-16! We’ll be in the Exhibit Hall in the Democracy Begins At Home booth (#711), opposite the Netroots Nation Info/Schwag Booth by the lounge area. We’re sharing the booth with Raines Cohen, cohousing, coworking, and Aging-In-Community organizer/co-author and his friends. I’ll be featuring free speaking American coaching samples along with mini-workshop demos there. Raines will be sharing organizing tools and success stories from all of his current projects. (Check out the schedule of activities at our booth in the Exhibit Hall.)