Rich Harwood examines the tension between our national and local spaces and shares insights on how to understand and work with that tension to move forward in our community work to build our nation.

On this episode of the Harwood Half Hour, Rich Harwood shares how to use the report findings from Civic Virus: Why Polarization Is a Misdiagnosis to evaluate and make sense of President Biden’s first State of the Union address and the Republican response.

Announcing The Harwood Institute’s three-year partnership with Impact Alamance toward community-led transformation in Alamance County, NC.

The divisive rhetoric of self-interested politicians, negative social media, and the press is adversely affecting our values and culture. And they say the American people are to blame. But change is possible.

In this energizing and hopeful episode of Harwood Half Hour, Rich Harwood discusses three questions we can each engage with to discover our shared hopes for a better tomorrow and practical ideas to get in motion in the new year.

Read about how public innovator Jerome Threlkeld’s life and work was transformed by learning and using the Harwood approach to create a change reaction of change in his community.

A group of 12 community members from the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission, the Boys and Girls Club, Head Start, and United Way met weekly to discuss Rich Harwood’s book, Stepping Forward, and build a stronger network of leaders to move the community forward.

Presented by Former Studio Associate, Brian Rubin, “Civic Saturday Prince George's County: An American Blues”

Reflections by former Studio Associate Brian Rubin

Following Wednesday’s inauguration, some are saying President Biden’s vision for the country is naive and others believe unity is not possible. So what does this mean for us and how we move forward together? In this episode of Harwood Half Hour, Rich Harwood tackles the question: Will you walk toward the light?

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