Donald Gordon Author & Editor

From the perspective of a local activist, Donald Gordon teaches political history, civic engagement, and political reform at Northwestern University. Gordon, a community activist for over thirty years in the Chicago area also ran for alderman in 2007. His first book, Piss 'Em All Off- And Other Practices of the Effective Citizen discusses civic engagement based on his years as an activist. Piss 'Em All Off proposes simple, yet pragmatic, ways to practice effective citizenship and to demonstrate how engaged citizens can correct a political system that not only is flawed, but allows for the perpetuation of power in the hands of incumbents.