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Ditch Grand Strategies and Focus on How Change Really Happens

In The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Rich opines that philanthropy reflexively tries to solve problems with sweeping plans, but should instead, fix what matters most to people to set off a chain reaction of community-driven action.

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Selma Can Be America’s Beacon of Hope Once More

In 1965, Selma, AL, pierced the consciousness of the nation when civil rights marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Today—amid our crisis of belief and widespread societal turmoil—Selma can remind us of the work we need to do as individuals, as communities, and as a nation.

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The Sages Among Us

Check out Rich’s appearance on the Sages Among Us.

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Why We Must Revive Decency

In his latest for the Fulcrum, Rich Harwood asserts that the notion of decency implicates all of us. We simply cannot move forward together if we continue to sacrifice, set aside, or trample on decency.

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Where Is the “Real America”?

As a battle rages over the simple question of whether there is such a thing as the “real America”, in his latest for the Fulcrum, Rich Harwood argues there is a real America. One that he works in every day.

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Where Can We Find Hope in America Today?

Rich Harwood argues we now face an urgent choice—as individuals, as communities, and as a country. Amid our differences and uncertainties, we can hunker down and bury our heads in the sand. We can wallow in despair. We can resist what is happening around us as if that alone is enough.

Or we can choose another path.

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