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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreDuring 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.
Read More"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?
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreAs 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?
Read MoreHow 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.
Read MoreThere 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.
Read MoreThere 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.
Read MoreI was on the phone with a rabbi earlier this week, and we came up with the idea to pull together a small group of people to reflect on what we’ve learned about society and ourselves during this past year. God knows, it’s been a hard, tumultuous year.
Read MoreIn the past few weeks, during an almost unfathomable period of pure hell in the U.S., I have led four virtual regional roundtables with community leaders across the nation (the final one in the West is on Tuesday), and while I am deeply troubled, I am even more deeply inspired by what I have heard.
Read MoreMany people have asked me lately about personal resilience during this messy, strange, disturbing time that we’re living through. You are trying your hardest to keep your head above water, yet you often feel unhappy, unfulfilled, unrelentingly under pressure. Even when things are going well. You may be asking yourself: is personal resilience enough to get through these times?
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