DIY Resources – Civity
We all have the power to initiate change.
There are so many ways and places in which YOU can create a culture of civity. The resources on this page are just a springboard – use your imagination!
Practice Civity Yourself
You can practice civity in so many ways! How? Check out these easy-to-use tips.
Integrate Civity Into Your Life
You can practice civity in so many places! Here are some ideas to get you started.
Dive Deeper Into Civity
Check out these short perspectives on various aspects of civity:
➤ “Civity” By Any Other Name (December 10, 2018)
➤ Empathy and Infinity (July 15, 2019)
➤ The Journey from Head to Heart (July 24, 2019)
➤ Putting Difference on the Table: A Civity Tribute to Toni Morrison (September 25, 2019)
➤ One-on-One: Superhighway to Relationship (October 1, 2019)
➤ Civity: All About Connection on the Path of Life (November 14, 2021)
➤ Acts of Civity Amidst Tragedy Lead to Enduring Connections (February 20, 2023)
➤ Belonging Is (September 25, 2021)
➤ The Power of “Power-With” (April 17, 2022)
➤ The “Conversation Before the Conversation” (July 11, 2022)
➤ Fear, Pill Bugs, and the Possibility of Trust (July 17, 2017)
➤ Civity and Civic Engagement (January 29, 2020)
➤ A Civity Social Contract (August 20, 2020)
➤ Democracy’s Civity Foundation (February 21, 2023)
Seed Civity
When any of us practices civity, civity grows. Be inspired by how civity practice can transform communities.
➤ Civity leaders can create spaces for other people to build civity.
— How to Create Opportunities for Civity Connection in Meetings (pdf)
➤ Civity Storytelling intervention tested #1 at increasing social trust in Stanford’s Strengthening Democracy Challenge.
— Civity Storytelling: Expanding the Pool of People Who Matter
— Strengthening Democracy Challenge
— Stanford Study Shows Civity Helps Strengthen Democracy (September 14, 2022) (updated April 22, 2023)
— Strengthening Democracy & Increasing Social Trust Podcast, with Robb Willer (February 27, 2023)
➤ Civity is culture and systems change.
— Civity Theory of Change (pdf)
— “It’s All About Relationships” – Civity, Systems, and Philanthropy (April 23, 2021)
— It’s All About Relationships: Systems-Based Changemaking (November 22, 2020)
— From a Hummingbird to a Wave: Civity and System Change (September 4, 2019)
— From Civity Leaders to Civity Leadership (December 17, 2019)
— How Does Civity Grow? (October 16, 2019)
— The Power of Civity: A Story with a Moral and More (November 14, 2017)
— Civity Update: Experiencing Civity in India (March 30, 2017)
➤ Civity champions take initiative in seeding civity in their organizations and communities.
— Sample Civity Script: Creating Opportunities for Civity Connection at Meetings (pdf)
— Amy Albrecht: Civity – the Gift that Keeps Giving (January 4, 2023)
— Seeding Civity: An Update from Louisville (December 10, 2018)
— Seeing Beyond the Title: Supporting Civity Conversations at the Human Library (December 10, 2018)
— Seeding Civity in Welcoming America Communities…Moving Forward! (November 19, 2019)
— Seeding Civity with Welcoming America (September 18, 2019)
— Civity and Welcoming America Announce New “Seeding Civity” Partnership (July 31, 2019)
— Civity Stories: CFRA Jordan Feyerherm (November 29, 2020)
➤ Civity helps people tackle the tough issues.
— Civity & the “Tough Issues” (April 9, 2023)
— Social Solidarity and Civity Podcast, with Ian Haney López (March 3, 2023)
— Civity Collaborates with Climate Change Practitioners (April 9, 2023)
— Civity and Homelessness Podcast, with Eric Tars (April 10, 2023)
➤ Civity champions share their stories on the This Is Civity! podcast.
— Making DEI Work Transformative & Relational, with Jacqueline Font-Guzmán (July 11, 2022)
— Learning to Listen in Different Ways, with Graham Bodie of the Listen First Project (July 9, 2022)
— Bridging Across Difference in Polarized Times, with Convergence CEO David Eisner (December 10, 2021)
— Welcoming Week 2021: Belonging Begins With Us (September 6, 2021)
— Courageous Conversations with Reverend Zina Jacque & Jessica Green (May 28, 2020)
— Jordan Feyerherm & Gladys Godinez, Center for Rural Affairs (July 17, 2019)
— Strenthening Democracy & Increasing Social Trust, with Robb Willer (February 27, 2023)