Stories help us imagine other people and other ways of being with each other.
Telling civity stories grows our understanding of what civity is and shows us the power of civity that already exists. Hearing civity stories and naming civity focuses our attention on the humanity of people who are different and on bridging relationships. Attention leads to intention, and intention leads to action.
Though civity is already alive and a vibrant part of our social culture, it is often hidden or overlooked. We lack language for describing the “fellow member of my community” relationships that weave communities together. We shy away from talking about the differences that keep us from pulling together because we lack practice or fear either giving offense or not being heard.
Civity shares the stories of people creating civity and acting with a civity mindset on our blog, ThisIsCivity! podcast, and the Civity newsletter.
“The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms.”
– Muriel Rukeyser