Join the Sloan Museum and the Community Foundation of Greater Flint for a special event in the Owning Our Truth, Embracing Our Change informational series. On January 17, at 10:00am at St. Michael's Conference Center, nationally-renowned speaker and author Rich Harwood brings his national civic campaign ("Enough. Time to Build.") to Flint for a special keynote address followed by audience Q&A. This event is free and open to the public. 

Rich's campaign calls on community leaders and active citizens to reclaim the public square from the most divisive voices and unleash our capacity as builders and doers. This event will explore how the Flint community can forge a new pathway forward, create a can-do narrative, and catalyze action using the most basic parts of Harwood's road-tested Turning Outward approach to community-led, community-driven change. 

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The Danville Regional Foundation will welcome Rich Harwood to the Dan River Region for a keynote event at the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

During this event, Rich will lay out concrete ways for people and groups to begin working together by focusing on what they share in common and what they hope to create.

This dinner event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required by clicking here.

Norfolk's Department of Neighborhood Services welcomes Rich Harwood to kickoff their 2023 theme: Ignite 2023! Spark Community Change. Rich will bring his track record of inspiring small groups of change agents around the world to produce major shifts in the civic culture of communities to Norfolk as the next stop on his Healing & Hope Tour.

The evening will feature socializing and networking with heavy hors d'oeuvres followed by a community conversation.

The event will be held on the 6th floor the amazing Slover Library overlooking Norfolk's skyline. Parking is available in the City's Main Street Garage at 113 Atlantic Avenue.

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Hosted by the Grantmakers of Kentucky in partnership with Philanthropy Southeast, Rich Harwood is bringing the Healing & Hope message to the annual Grantmakers of Kentucky meeting to explore how philanthropy can help communities find their way to common ground, common goals and shared progress. Click here to learn more about the event including registration details.

Hosted by the City of Stamford and the Ferguson Public Library, Rich Harwood will Rich will speak about Civic Virus: Why Polarization Is a Misdiagnosis, to help the Stamford community make sense of what’s going on in our nation and how to reimagine and recreate our communities. Stamford was one of 16 communities that participated in the research for the report, we are excited to bring this important conversation back to Stamford on Rich’s Healing & Hope Speaking Tour. This event is free and open to the public. Click here to register.

Hosted by Impact Alamance, Rich Harwood will keynote a community-wide event to kick off a multiyear partnership toward community-led transformation between The Harwood Institute and Impact Alamance. Part of Rich’s Healing & Hope Speaking Tour, this will be an inspiring conversation about how the Alamance community can unleash its potential given the challenges we face as a country. The event is free and open to the public.

Announcing Rich Harwood’s event in Jackson, MS, as part of his Healing & Hope Speaking. Rich will speak about about his groundbreaking new report, Civic Virus: Why Polarization Is a Misdiagnosis, to help change agents in Jackson make sense of what’s going on in our nation and in their communities and how to create a hopeful path forward together. This event is hosted by the Community Foundation for Mississippi.

The Harwood Institute, in partnership with Leadership Clarksville, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville, and Women Veterans of America, are hosting a community-wide event to discuss findings from their report, Clarksville-MoCo: Stepping Into the Future.

Over the past few months, in-depth interviews with community leaders and community conversations with residents were held across Clarksville-MoCo. In this report, you’ll hear the voices of Clarksville-MoCo, their shared aspirations for education and discover a path forward for the community.

Rich Harwood will be keynoting this event and will lead a dynamic conversation about the report findings and what they mean for the future of Clarksville-MoCo. This event is open to the public. More details and register here.