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''Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy'' (2019) {{OCLC|1084634452}} |
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==See also== |
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Revision as of 14:44, 7 June 2019
Eric Liu | |
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Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy | |
In office 2000–2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Elena Kagan |
Succeeded by | John Bridgeland |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
Relatives | Jena Cane (wife) |
Occupation | author, educator, strategist, journalist |
Eric Liu | |
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Traditional Chinese | 劉柏川 |
Simplified Chinese | 刘柏川 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Bǎichuān |
Eric P. Liu (born 1968) is an American writer and founder of Citizen University.[1] Liu served as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy at the White House between 1999 and 2000. He served as Speechwriter and Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Security Council at the White House from 1993 to 1994. Liu is currently a Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Washington School of Law. President Obama nominated him in January 2015 to serve on the board of directors of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service; his term has expired in December 2017.[2][3]
Early life
Liu was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, to parents born in Hunan, China who later moved from Taiwan.[4] His uncle was a Premier of Taiwan, Liu Chao-shiuan.
Career
He studied history at Yale University and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.[5]
Liu today is CEO of Citizen University, a non-profit organization[6][7] that promotes what it calls "powerful citizenship".[8] His TED talk on this topic has been viewed more than one million times.[9] In 2014, he launched the Aspen Institute Program on Citizenship and American Identity to advance conversation about the nature of American national identity.[10]
Liu and businessman Nick Hanauer have co-authored two political books: The True Patriot (Sasquatch Books, 2007),[11] which redefines patriotism in progressive terms; and The Gardens of Democracy (Sasquatch Books, 2011),[12] which presents a 21st-century way of envisioning citizenship, the economy, and the role of government.[13]
Liu is a regular columnist for CNN.com and a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com. He wrote the "Teachings" column for Slate magazine from 2002 to 2005. He has authored many books. His book, A Chinaman's Chance (1998)[14], explores being Chinese American in the age of China and America. He is also the author of Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life (2005), about transformative mentors, leaders and teachers, and The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker (1998), about ethnicity, identity and acculturation. His book Imagination First, co-authored with Scott Noppe-Brandon of the Lincoln Center Institute, explores ways to unlock imagination in education, politics, business and the arts.
In 2013, Liu suggested a demand-side macroeconomic theory, Middle-out economics, which identifies the buying power of the middle class as the necessary ingredient for job creation and economic growth.[15]
Liu lives in Seattle, where he serves on numerous boards, teaches civic leadership courses at the University of Washington, and hosts a television show called Seattle Voices.
Publications
You're More Powerful Than You Think (2017) OCLC 975273171
Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy (2019) OCLC 1084634452
See also
References
- ^ Citizen University
- ^ About CNCS » Who We Are, Officers and Membership of the Board of Directors
- ^ PN37 — Eric P. Liu, US Senate records – Previledged Nominations.
- ^ Liu, Eric (2014). A Chinaman's Chance: One Family's Journey and the Chinese American Dream. PublicAffairs.
- ^ ON CAMPUS WITH: Eric Liu; Last Job? Speeches For Clinton, By ELIZABETH COHEN Published: September 15, 1994 .
- ^ "Corporations: Registration Detail - WA Secretary of State". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ "GuideStar:Amex-Organization Report". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ "Citizen University". www.citizenuniversity.us. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ Liu, Eric. "Why ordinary people need to understand power". www.ted.com. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ "Citizenship and American Identity Program". AspenInstitute.org. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
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(help) - ^ Liu, Eric; Hanauer, Nick (January 1, 2007). The True Patriot. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570615573.
- ^ Liu, Eric; Hanauer, Nick (January 1, 2011). The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570618239.
- ^ "The Book". "The Gardens of Democracy" Web site. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
- ^ Eric., Liu,. A Chinaman's chance : one family's journey and the Chinese American dream. New York. ISBN 9781610396301. OCLC 876140487.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Pethokoukis, James. "Fact-Free 'Middle-Out Economics'". National Review.
Further reading
- Critical studies
- David Leiwei Li, "On Ascriptive and Acquisitional Americanness: The Accidental Asian and the Illogic of Assimilation." Contemporary Literature, 2004 Spring; 45 (1): 106–34
External links
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American people of Hunanese descent
- American journalists of Chinese descent
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Slate (magazine) people
- University of Washington faculty
- American people of Taiwanese descent
- Writers from Seattle
- Yale University alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Writers from Poughkeepsie, New York
- United States National Security Council staffers
- American chief executives of education-related organizations
- Journalists from New York (state)