…for us to dream a world based on civity. A culture of civity is a culture of respect and empathy for people who are different. The well-established pattern of our…
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A Civity Social Contract
…civity. A Civity Social Contract begins by repudiating the “us versus them” exclusions that currently lie at our social core – fundamental exclusions, such as race, that are fueled by…
Putting Difference on the Table: A Civity Tribute to Toni Morrison
…is “community.” Community asserts similarity: These people have something in common, and they become a group. Civity recognizes that similarity is only half the story. Civity acknowledges that difference within…
Civic Nebraska & Civity Partnership!
…our Civity workshops. We spent 3.5 hours together, discussing the challenges that rural and urban Nebraskans face, what’s already working, and where relationship-building can bridge some of the gaps. Our…
Guest Blog: How Civity Served as a Catalyst for LGBT Civil Rights
…questions until now gay people don’t seem so “queer” after all. As I understand it, Civity is a process of deliberately bridging differences. When LGBT people say, “Frankly, this is…
Civity and Inequities – and Privilege
Snails and caterpillars – what do these have to do with privilege? And what do they have to do with Civity?! The short video “Sometimes You’re a Caterpillar” describes how…
Where We Gather – Missing Our “Third Places”
…I began interning at Civity that I started intentionally connecting with the people … Continue reading “What Civity Means to Me: An Intern’s Perspective” Civic Nebraska & Civity Partnership!May 1,…
Climate Change Conversations & Collaborations
In today’s world, collaboration is more critical than ever. At Civity, we recognize the value of partnering with organizations that are actively engaging people in important conversations. A relational civity…
Join Us for a Virtual Civity Workshop on June 24!
We are pleased to offer our first virtual open-to-the-public workshop! If you haven’t experienced a Civity workshop yet, you can take advantage of this from wherever you are. Get a…
Civity Iceland: “Thingvellir” or the “Assembly Field”
Who would have thought that I would find reverberations of civity while sightseeing in Iceland? Last month,I attended a conference in Reykjavik and then had the opportunity to spend a…