Small Boise group tries to leverage big changes for democracy

Small Boise group tries to leverage big changes for democracy

Lifelong Boise resident Susan Hudson, 72, lately has felt the American values and freedoms she and her parents have worked toward are eroding.

Small Boise group tries to leverage big changes for democracy  • Idaho Capital Sun

Susan Hudson launched a local Democracy Circle in Boise in January 2025. (Laura Guido/Idaho Capital Sun)Lifelong Boise resident Susan Hudson, 72, lately has felt the American values and freedoms she and her parents have worked toward are eroding.  “I’ve been worried and upset, and kind of obsessed with the way things are going in our country,” Hudson said.  In an effort to follow her mother’s World War II-era advice to “do your bit,” she sought …