a Founders’ stance
a poem dedicated to "We the People"
We stand at the threshold of a nation not yet born,
Summoned to midwife a future where no one is scorned,
Where belonging is not bestowed—but built, by all, for all.
Radical imagination thrums in our blood,
The audacity to act—uncaged by permission or precedent—
Is is our sacred inheritance, We the People.
Power is not granted.
It is already ablaze within us.
We claim it together, we awaken from the coma of division.
This is not just nation-building—it is community- and soul-building.
With humility, we co-create—not command.
We listen. We labor. We lift the least among us.
As justice demands no less.
Love is our strategy. It is our cornerstone.
Can a nation self-renew? Can it atone?
Yes—only when we dare to surrender what no longer serves.
We, the New Founders, rise with five sacred tools:
Radical Imagination. Audacity. Humility. Love. Renewal.
As five-pointed stars, guiding us through this dark night.
All is all we have. Nothing more. Nothing less.
We address the unfinished business of our democracy—
Not with violence, but with vision. Not with conquest, but with courage.
The peaceful revolution is not on the horizon.
It is here. Now.
It lives in you.
It breathes through me.
Let us rise—together—and write the next chapter of freedom.
inspired by speech of Michael McAfee, Executive Director, Policy Link, at the 2025 American Democracy Summit, Phoenix, Arizona.
Dr. Paul Zeitz is the Co-Founder of #unifyUSA, an inter-partisan citizens' movement dedicated to Hit Refresh the U.S. Constitution through Citizens’ Assemblies and author of Hit Refresh on the U.S. Constitution: A Revolutionary Roadmap for Fulfilling on the Promise of Democracy and Revolutionary Optimism: 7 Steps for Living as a Love-Centered Activist.