Civity relationships are relationships of respect and empathy. Respect has always seemed straightforward to me. The root of the word – the Latin “spec” – means “to see”: To respect…
Search results for: .hash.civity
Belonging Is
Who knew that President Lyndon Johnson was a champion of civity!?!? During much of the pandemic I’ve been living in Arlington, Virginia. Early of a summer morning, before the heat…
Fear, Pill Bugs, and the Possibility of Trust
…culture of Civity is a culture of advancing toward rather than retreating from each other, especially when we are different. Each of us can, on a moment-by-moment basis, choose to…
Everyday Dignity: An Illuminating Act of Justice
By Claudia Cohen Claudia Cohen is Adjunct Faculty in the Social-Organizational Program & Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (MD-ICCCR) at the Teachers College of Columbia University….
From “NO” to “KNOW”
…“KNOW MORE CHINESE.” From “NO” to “KNOW” – that’s Civity in a nutshell. “NO” – We are all “NO” people. “NO” captures our very human fear of change, of the…
Head to Heart
…that build the trust that make necessary problem-solving head work possible. Civity’s mission is to help local communities create space for these heart connections to grow – to build the…