Enough. Time to Build. 2024 Campaign
Rich isn’t running for office, but he is on a nationwide campaign this election season to show communities a real pathway forward.
Rich isn’t running for office, but he is on a nationwide campaign this election season to show communities a real pathway forward.
“Fascinating. It examines what might be at the heart of what drives today’s toxic politics.” — Chuck Todd, Meet the Press Daily
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Discover how to step forward onto a more hopeful path and unleash change in Rich Harwood's latest books
Learn how communities are tackling society’s toughest problems and strengthening their civic culture.
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RICH HARWOOD, PRESIDENT & FOUNDER
Author. Speaker. Innovator.
What started in 1988 in Rich Harwood’s one-bedroom apartment in Washington, D.C., has grown into a practice and philosophy that is spreading worldwide. Rich has invested his career in revitalizing the nation’s hardest-hit communities, transforming the world’s largest organizations and reconnecting institutions like newsrooms and schools to society.
Many of us are frustrated by the divisive nature of our public discourse, mistrust and broken promises. We lack hope that we can bridge our divides, come together and get things done. Stepping Forward: A Positive, Practical Path to Transform Our Communities and Our Lives shows us how to channel our frustrations, energies, and aspirations to get on a more hopeful path.
Rich Harwood’s newest book, Unleashed: A Proven Way Communities Can Spread Change and Make Hope Real For All, published by Kettering Foundation Press, is available now! This book isn’t theoretical; it’s based on the Institute’s 30-year impact study of our work in 9 communities and reveals how communities can unleash a chain reaction to tackle society’s fault lines and strengthen their civic culture.