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Date: February 19, 1999
Richard C. Harwood MPA '84 on "The Next American Civic Brigade"
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Richard C. Harwood, the founder and president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, will speak on "Building the Next American Civic Brigade" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, March 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1.
Harwood, who earned a master of public affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School in 1984, is also the founder and president of The Harwood Group, a public issues research firm that works with public- and private-sector organizations to identify the essence of public challenges and determine how to face them effectively. His other organization, The Harwood Institute, is a nonprofit institution whose mission is "to provide a new public space for the diffusion of public ideas and innovations to leaders and practitioners within the nation's various sectors such as civic life, journalism, business, and foundations."
The Harwood Group produces the "Harwood Barometer for Political Conduct," a publication that offers guidelines for measuring the political conduct of elected officials, candidates, and the news media. It encourages citizens to rate political races and media coverage according to the following gauges: What We're Looking For; Real Progress; Starting to Improve; Lip Service; and Business as Usual.
Harwood is the author of numerous studies on timely issues, including health care, education, the role of the media, the state of American politics, and the changing conditions in American society. He is a frequent commentator on national television and radio shows, and has appeared on The Today Show, CNN's Inside Politics, CNN and Company, CNBC, and C-SPAN. He has served on the policy staffs of U.S. presidential and congressional election campaigns and as director of issues research for the Public Agenda Foundation.
His talk is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.