Reaching Across the Divide
to Get Things Done

Civic leaders discuss their work
— and how you can help.

Interviews

▶ Interview

Depolarization · September 2026 · 30 min

Bringing Communities Together--One Small Action at a Time

Rich Harwood, Founder and CEO, The Harwood Institute

News into Action interviews Rich Harwood, Founder and CEO of the Harwood Institute. Rich discusses how the narrative of political polarization is a self fulfilling prophecy, and describes how the Harwood Institute's work creating spaces for communities to come together, offer their own solutions, and take small actions together can build into substantive, lasting change.

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▶ Interview

Privacy and surveillance · July 2026 · 23 min

Defending the Fourth Amendment in an Age of Mass Surveillance

Alex Marthews, National Chair, Restore the Fourth

National Chair Alex Marthews on why the Fourth Amendment matters as much now as when it was written. Learn what "LOVEINT" is, how to find out which surveillance technologies are in use in your neighborhood, and why Restore the Fourth works with anti-surveillance legislators of any party.

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Events

▶ Event

October 2026 · Belmont Public Library, Belmont, MA