Stepping forward : a positive, practical path to transform our communities and our lives
by Harwood, Richard C. (Author)
Summary
How do we bring people together when our society is breaking apart? What will it take to bridge our divides, overcome mistrust, and restore our belief that we can get things done together as Americans? How do we bring out the best in us? In Stepping Forward, Richard C. Harwood gives us a new and ins... Full description
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How do we bring people together when our society is breaking apart? What will it take to bridge our divides, overcome mistrust, and restore our belief that we can get things done together as Americans? How do we bring out the best in us? In Stepping Forward, Richard C. Harwood gives us a new and inspiring blueprint to rediscover what we share in common and actively build upon it. As a trusted civic voice, he argues that to get the country moving in the right direction, these efforts must start in our local communities. |
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Physical Description: |
xiv, 168 pages ; 24 cm |
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1626346763 9781626346765 |
Author Notes: |
Rich's perspective is unique--and urgently needed today. For over 30 years, he has invested his career in revitalizing the nation's hardest-hit communities, transforming the world's largest organizations, and re-connecting institutions like newsrooms and schools to society. He has been recruited to solve some of the most difficult problems of our times, including being called into Newtown, CT after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Rich has innovated and developed a new philosophy of Civic Faith and the practice of Turning Outward for how communities can solve shared problems and create a civic culture of shared responsibility. Thousands of community leaders, officeholders, foundation and corporate executives, clergy, journalists and government officials around the globe are using his approaches. He is an inspiring, sought after speaker, who regularly keynotes major conferences. He appears regularly on major media outlets, He has written several books and numerous ground-breaking reports. |