Books

Published by Berrett-Koehler, Stick Your Neck Out—A Street-Smart Guide to Creating Change in Your Community and Beyond is the Giraffe Heroes Project’s newest tool for moving people to courageous, compassionate action. ...More

It's Up to Us, a one-per-student paperback, gives readers stories and photos of Giraffe Heroes, concepts for leading a meaningful life, action planning tools, reflection questions and inspiring quotes.

An accompanying Resource Guide gives the facilitator step-by-step ideas for implementing the Program. ...More

Outdoor Leadership is a practical, readable guide to the skills, attitudes and resources you need to be an effective leader, at whatever level you are called to lead. ...More

TIPS FOR ACTIVE CITIZENS
adaptations from Stick Your Neck Out

Why Get Involved? It's a lot easier to stay on the sidelines, waiting for Them to solve the problems you're complaining about. ... more

Which Path is Mine? There are plenty of challenges and problems out there. How do you decide which one to take on? ... more

Getting Started. You've decided which problem you'll take on and you're ready to get to work. Now what? ...more

How to Create a Service Project. An important early step is to create a vision-a clear mental picture of the results you want. ... more

Trust Them? Are You Kidding? It's naive to think that the old confrontational methods that fail will somehow work this time around . ...more

Articles

John Graham regularly publishes articles in print publications and on the Internet. Some are opinion pieces on a wide range of subjects. Others are training tips for active citizens, drawn from his workshops and books.

Here are links to a some of his pieces.

OPINION PIECES

1. Policies as Good as Our People (written soon after the attacks of 9/11). How can anyone be that angry at us, the good people of America? ... more

2. Dead Sons and Long Memories, Graham's 2004 report from a Palestinian refugee camp in South Beirut did not augur well for a peaceful way out of the impasse with Israel. ...more

3. Go Seahawks! How the pseudo-warfare of pro football is poisoning our culture. ...more

4. War, Leadership and a Moral Life, the 2005 speech that brought Air Force Academy cadets to their feet cheering. ...more

5. God and Politics - what must be done to take our country back from religious extremists?...more

6. A Time for Heroes. The opportunities to make a difference are right in front of you. ... more

7. Secrecy and the Curtain of Oz - how the Bush White House is using "national security" as a mask for incompetence. ...more

8. Iraq is Vietnam - how the past already is coming back to haunt us. ...more