On March 10th at 5:30pm, Join Bellingham-based author Nick Licata on Zoom for a presentation based on his recently published book Student Power, Democracy, and Revolution in the Sixties.
Unlike other books on the Sixties, this book shows how predominantly working middle-class white students in a very conservative region initiated radical changes. They ushered in a new era of protecting women and minorities from discriminatory practices. This vivid account of bringing conservative students around to support social justice projects illustrates how step-by-step democratic change results in reshaping a nation’s character.
Nick Licata was a Seattle City Council member for 18 years, including becoming Council President. The Nation named him Progressive Municipal Official of the Year, while Seattle Weekly named him Best Local Politician. He wrote the legislation establishing paid sick leave and a $15 minimum wage for all employees in the city.
He holds an MA in Sociology from the University of Washington and has been a Guest Lecturer at many universities. He was the founding Board Chair of Local Progress, a national network of over 1,000 urban elected officials, and served on the board of National Municipal Democrat Officials.
His publications include Becoming a Citizen Activist, which won the Gold Medal for Social Activism, and his newsletter Citizenship Politics, which covers political and social issues, has 10,000 national subscribers, with over 70 percent of them teaching political science or sociology in 262 universities and colleges located in all 50 states.
He currently writes book reviews and author interviews for the Seattle Times.