The Harwood Institute is working with a variety of partners across America to bring new sensibilities and practices to public life and politics. In each case, our goal is to forge an alternate path in which people can tap their own potential to make a difference and join together to build a common future.

In our work, we bring to bear 20 years of on-the-ground experience and knowledge on making communities work (download a pdf outline of our intellectual capital).

Here are some examples of recent initiatives:

• Taking On Ingrained Narratives
  Flint, Michigan
• Spreading Our Work with a Top-10 Journalism School
  University of Kansas
• Pursuing Authentic Engagement When It Matters
  Orlando, Florida
• Growing a Catalytic Community Foundation on the American Frontier
  Las Vegas, Nevada
• Building a New Civic Brigade of Public Innovators
  Newark, New Jersey