Y2K Citizen’s Action Guide

By Utne Reader
Published on October 9, 2007

As we prepare for Y2K,something surprising and quite wonderful is going to happen. We’re going to get to know our neighbors.
–Eric Utne, founder, Utne Reader

Y2K Citizen’s Action Guide is made possible through the support of many individual and foundation donors, and Utne Reader Books.

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Ordering Information
• Cartoon by John McPherson
• Quotes
• Foreword by Charles Halpern
• Introduction by Eric Utne

OVERVIEW

• Turning To One Another by Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers
• The Y2K Neighborhood by Larry Shook

PUBLIC CITIZENSHIP

• What Public Citizens Can Do about the Y2K Crisis by Charles Halpern and Paul Friedman
• Questions for Public Officials by Tom Atlee, Gordon Davidson and Margo King

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

• All Together Now by Paloma O’Riley
• What One Town Can Do by Paloma O’Riley and Jim Lord

HOUSEHOLD & NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS

• What Has Been Accomplished in Boulder County by Kathy Garcia, Margo King and John Steiner
• Organizing Your Neighborhood for Y2K by Kathy Garcia

PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS

• Individual Preparation for Y2K by Paloma O’Riley

INNER PREPAREDNESS

• The Psychological Challenges of Y2K by Gordon Davidson and Corinne McLaughlin
• From Chaos to Coherence: The Emotional Challenge of Y2K by Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer

APPENDICES

• US Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
• Proposed Citizens Y2K Financial Protection Act
• Resources
• Afterword by Eric Utne

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