The dramatic and dangerous deterioration in relations between the U.S. and Russia demands that we all take unprecedented actions in 2019. It requires that citizens find unusual ways to educate and break through the mire of political actions and inaction to create new initiatives. CCI led the way in U.S.-USSR relations in the early 1980s before the term “citizen diplomacy” was coined. We are again searching for unparalleled ways for citizens to act.