…more easily emerge when civility is present. In this post, guest bloggers Michele Siqueiros and David Wolf illuminate impediments to civility and how civility connects back to trust – in…
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Why “Civity”?
…“civity” in conversation, people frequently think we’re talking about “civility.” (A distant family member, but related only to the same degree as you and your shirt-tail cousin – with a…
Reaching for Civity
Krista Tippett, host of NPR’s On Being, struggles with the word “civility.” In a recent Living the Questions segment, Tippett names the danger of using “civility” as a “passive-aggressive weapon”…
“Civity” by Any Other Name…
…everyday, the citizen-to-citizen moments. Civil and civility do embrace the everyday, but they highlight the action rather than the intention. Civil and civility are saying “please” and “thank you” because…
Column: Civity — the Gift that Keeps Giving
…the CVC, we’ve long advocated for civility by promoting Braver Angels and modeling constructive dialogue in Community Conversations. Unfortunately, what we’ve found when recruiting participants for Community Conversations is not…
Searching for Civity
…with respect and empathy. Gerson invokes civility and manners as the way in which we make these connections across difference: “We treat people with respect in the hope and expectation…