…higher education in our home state, California. We believe in its ability to promote key aspects of California’s interpretation of American life. This means not only assisting all students to…
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Civity & the “Tough Issues”
…building civity is essential for making real progress. For over a year now, Civity has been working with leaders concerned about California’s housing crisis. As part of Meta’s California Housing…
Civity, Relationships, and the Art of Playground Jump Rope
…convening and facilitating a wide range of civic engagement processes in communities all over California, and she had noticed that the relationships between the people involved were central to that…
Seeding Civity: An Update From Redwood City
…in its DNA. In 2017, Redwood City became one of California’s first two “Welcoming Cities” – a national designation from Welcoming America, which honors communities promoting inclusiveness, cooperation, and mutual…
Civity Work: Grounded in Partnerships
…diverse group of community leaders committed to erasing racism and bigotry in San Leandro, California. After a Civity workshop that Malka delivered at a monthly board and members’ meeting, Surlene…
Civity and Dialogue – Thinking Out Loud
…from throughout California, consistently contributing and engaging with one another. Although participants struggled with the concept of the dialogue, thirsting for action items and discrete outcomes, they came back again…
Civity and Civic Engagement
…officer for a small (relatively speaking) federal grant on water planning for the Las Virgenes Water District in Southern California . . . Part of the job included being the…
Where We Gather – Missing Our “Third Places”
…City, California. Derek sees libraries as places for creating community, places where everyone is welcome and where everyone belongs. Derek walks the talk as a community leader – working to…
Civity: All About Connection on the Path of Life
…to a new city, and was scared of feeling alone. In fact, I moved to one of the largest U.S. cities in existence – Los Angeles, California. I was waiting…
Learn About Our Latest Projects!
…fossil fuel reliance. This month we began a project in California, which is facing a stark shortage of affordable housing, to support building civity across economic divides. Special thanks to…