About the Event
Join us for a conversation with Rye Barcott, New York Times bestselling author, Marine Corps veteran, and co-founder and CEO of With Honor, as he discusses his new book, Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future. Barcott profiles the stories of nine veterans and a former FBI agent, five Democrats and five Republicans, who carried the ethic of service from the battlefield into public life and strove to rise above polarization. In this discussion, we’ll explore the many dimensions of courage and examine how it can help strengthen our democracy.
Who's Speaking
Rye Barcott
Rye Barcott is a Marine Corps veteran, social entrepreneur, and author of The New York Times bestselling book Courage Can Save US. He is co-founder and CEO of With Honor, a cross-partisan organization that fights polarization by supporting principled veteran leadership in public office. While serving in the Marines, he...
Rye Barcott is a Marine Corps veteran, social entrepreneur, and author of The New York Times bestselling book Courage Can Save US. He is co-founder and CEO of With Honor, a cross-partisan organization that fights polarization by supporting principled veteran leadership in public office. While serving in the Marines, he co-founded CFK Africa, a locally led youth leadership and public health organization based in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. His memoir, It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace, tells the story of that work. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Dartmouth College.