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Soapbox: How I landed & lost a columnist gig, fought a prison, and got elected
When a medical waste company tries to relocate to her county, columnist Jewel Allen never would have guessed it would be the end of one life, and the beginning of another. Wanting to protect her community, she starts a social media campaign against the giant incinerator which not only costs her her writing job, but gives birth to the activist inside. She rallies her neighbors against the company and the State Legislature bent on invading their land.
As the dust settles from that battle, she faces an even greater dilemma: The Speaker of the House and his allies, armed with a million-dollar public relations budget, want to build a new, water-hogging state prison ten minutes from her home. Equipped with only her media know-how, Jewel helps her neighbors wage a creative grassroots campaign to save their town.
In this more-than-a-memoir, Jewel Allen not only tells her David and Goliath stories, but shares effective and invaluable secrets and insights to running and winning a grassroots campaign. It answers the questions: What can I do? and How can I do it? A must-read for anyone looking for motivation, upliftment, and guidance.
As the dust settles from that battle, she faces an even greater dilemma: The Speaker of the House and his allies, armed with a million-dollar public relations budget, want to build a new, water-hogging state prison ten minutes from her home. Equipped with only her media know-how, Jewel helps her neighbors wage a creative grassroots campaign to save their town.
In this more-than-a-memoir, Jewel Allen not only tells her David and Goliath stories, but shares effective and invaluable secrets and insights to running and winning a grassroots campaign. It answers the questions: What can I do? and How can I do it? A must-read for anyone looking for motivation, upliftment, and guidance.
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192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 11, 2016
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Jewel Allen
67Ìýbooks293ÌýfollowersJewel Allen is an award-winning journalist, author and ghostwriter who grew up in the tropics (Manila, Philippines) and now lives in the desert (Utah, USA). She writes historical fiction, sweet contemporary romance, paranormal mystery, and memoir.
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March 22, 2017
Jewel Allen was happily going along in life as an op-ed columnist, a job she'd worked hard to get and really got into once she attained it. But when a medical waste company starts making noises about moving to their county, Jewel knows she has to do all she can to try to block it and find out more. So she starts a page on social media and the battle begins. Little did she know that it would change her life so totally, as she lost the newspaper column she loved and dived into becoming an activist whole heartedly.
She went from fighting the incinerator, gaining experience and media savvy, which helped greatly when she next battled a prison wanting to move in 10 minutes from her house. She shares her stories and experiences along the way, and tips for those who want to campaign as she later did, using lots of what she'd learned from all areas. The book moved along well.
She went from fighting the incinerator, gaining experience and media savvy, which helped greatly when she next battled a prison wanting to move in 10 minutes from her house. She shares her stories and experiences along the way, and tips for those who want to campaign as she later did, using lots of what she'd learned from all areas. The book moved along well.
June 25, 2017
I was delighted to find my self thoroughly enjoying this non-fiction, and politically based tale. The author has a delightful style and personable story. I'm more interested in how my local government is running and grateful for those who choose to lead.
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