Richard Healey

Richard Healey founded the Grassroots Policy Project in 1993 to advance social movement strategy and practice. He served as executive director from 1993 through the end of 2018. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Richard was active in the civil rights and anti-war movements. He helped found and lead the New American Movement and served as director of the Institute for Policy Studies. Richard is a board member of the Partners for Dignity and Rights, the See Forward Fund, the One World Fund, and the Commonwealth Foundation for Inclusive Democracy.