

Living Locally: Nominate a Local Patriot
Through our 2019-20 season The Village Square will look for, talk about – and honor – people who stand up and make things happen where we live right here in Tallahassee. We’re calling these people “local patriots.” As far as we know there isn’t an official definition of our jumbled-up term, but we’re sure you know the kind of person we’re talking about.
Our special fall dinner guest Stephen Kiernan, author of Authentic Patriotism, defines authentic patriotism as “a person who sees a problem and declares that it cannot be allowed to persist in a country as great as ours.” Local Patriots aren’t waiting around for someone in Washington, D.C. to fix something, they work to make our community what they imagine it can become. They look at who and what is in front of them and they do something.
For our final dinner of the year (postponed due to COVID-19) we’ll gather (when it’s safe again) with some of these Local Patriots (who just happen to be our neighbors) for a conversation about trending ideas from near and far that inspire our imaginations, whatever our ideological bent. Learn more about the event and our futurist host here. This program is made possible through the generous support of Mad Dog Construction, Johnson & Blanton and The Tallahassee Democrat.
Meet the Local Patriots, below.

John Dailey

Sandy Beck

Adrienne Campbell

Sandy Bucklew

Jay Revell

Jessica Clark

Carly Sinnadurai

Justo Cruz

Samantha Strickland

Richard Darabi

Ron Sachs

Betsy Couch

Stefanie Bowden

Cindy Bigbie

Royal King

Lester Hutt

Devan Leavins

Jana Sayler

Tiffany Baker

Kate Clark

Julie Meadows-Keefe

Jake Kiker, III

Alex Workman

Samantha Sexton

Darby Scott

Barbara Boone

Matt Thompson

Yuh-Mei Hutt

Talethia Edwards

Jovita Woodrich

Christic Henry
