Reclaiming Hope Amid Fear – Post-Election Day (Part 2)
The 2022 elections are over, and the political instability once predicted seems to have passed. But the challenges people face in their lives have not magically evaporated because of one election season, nor have future political shenanigans. You, me and others who believe in creating a more inclusive, hopeful path moving forward must act—and with renewed intentionality. There is work to do, progress to make, hope to build. Now.
Reclaiming Hope Amid Fear - Election Day (Part 1)
As election day approaches, tension and anxiety are rising to a feverish pitch across the country. What will be the fall out, and how will people and our nation endure the potential chaos and uncertainty that ensues? It is at this moment that we—you, me and others—must reclaim hope. Now.
“Where Can I Find Hope Today?” (part 3)
The morning following the first public hearing investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Rich Harwood offers a perspective on where we can find hope today despite the intensely negative news cycle. He urges us not to deny that may be tired, defeated, or even enraged. But that we find and embrace hope amid the many struggles and crises in the world today.
“I Tried to Let Them Know They Were Safe” (part 2)
In the aftermath of the May 24th school shooting in Uvalde, TX, Rich Harwood reflects upon what it means to feel safe in our society and makes an entreaty to us all to take necessary action to ensure that every individual feels safe and holds real hope for their lives.
“We Want to Matter” (part 1)
In the aftermath of the May 14th supermarket shooting in Buffalo, Rich Harwood offers his perspective on what it means to matter and to treat all Americans with the dignity and respect that is their birthright.
President Biden Must Address the Real State of Our Disunion
During his first State of the Union address, how can President Biden speak to the real concerns of Americans and call us forward to discover anew what we hold in common? Here’s how.
Walk with Me in the Footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr.
"The Drum Major Instinct" is one of my favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. sermons. It asks, “What does it mean to step forward to lead and serve?” This is especially important for any of us with a burning desire to create a more just, fair, equitable, inclusive and hopeful society. So, what is the nature of your own path?
9/11, My Friend Frank, and What’s Next
On September 11, 2001, I was working in my home-study on a new book when I got a phone call from an old college friend imploring me to turn on the TV. There, I saw a plane ram into one of the World Trade Towers, where my college roommate Frank worked for Cantor Fitzgerald. In his anguish, he left a phone message for his wife. We lost him. I lost him.
Where Is Our humility?
As I watch the crumbling of Afghanistan, as I listen to Americans in a new mood of America study I am conducting, as I listen to the hyped and dangerous political debates over critical race theory, among so many other things in our world today, I wonder: Where is our humility?
Time to Unleash Our Potential
How can we unleash the full and unbounded potential of people in communities to address the critical fault lines that beset us and transform our civic culture to support such action? This is the question I have been wrestling with.
Hitting the Pandemic Wall - And How to Move Forward
There are times in your life when you become so angry, frustrated, scared, enraged, or feel threatened that you just want to walk away and give up. Now may be one of those times for you. I am hearing this from so many people. Perhaps I can hear you whispering such things as well.
Hang in there. Don't walk away.
There are times in your life when you become so angry, frustrated, scared, enraged, or feel threatened that you just want to walk away and give up. Now may be one of those times for you. I am hearing this from so many people. Perhaps I can hear you whispering such things as well.