…the Who in each of us. Ideally the rich panoply of Whos should be celebrated. But instead it’s the specter of different Whos that divides our society. We use the…
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Seeding Civity: An Update From Louisville
We asked Louisville community leaders to share examples of spaces in the Louisville community where they see Civity connections happening or potential for them to happen. Over the past year,…
Civity Update: Growing the Civity Counter-Story
I’m writing at my desk in San Francisco, where terrible fires have been burning just north of me over the last few weeks. I have been glued to the radio,…
The Power of Civity: A Story with a Moral and More
…divides is too much. But because of systems and networks and complexity and critical yeast, it turns out that we can do something and that what we do matters. We…
Civity Update: Experiencing Civity in India
…is more and more interest in crossing divides. Our requests for trainings have gone up exponentially, and Palma and I are trying to keep up with demand. In addition to…
Civity Is in the Air
…uncomfortable.” Recent attention to divisions in our country has inspired much (well-deserved) hand-wringing. But bringing divides into the light also offers us an opportunity to change them. We at Civity…
Civity Has Launched!
…and strengthening relationships to reach across social, political and organizational divides” is the only way “to tackle complex civic challenges.” At a recent event at Stanford University celebrating the completion…
The Civity Conversations Pilot Project
…the goal is building relationships across potential social divides. And that this particular action – the Civity Conversation – is something that anyone can undertake. Individuals have the power to…
Civity and Inequities – and Privilege
…our most challenging social divides involve inequities – inequities that correlate to race, to gender, to religion, to “have versus have-not,” to sexual orientation, to ethnicity. The word “privilege” describes…
Where We Gather – Missing Our “Third Places”
…curiosity to build relationships that bridge dividesFebruary 26, 2024 In this episode, we talk with Monica Guzman, Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels, and author of I never thought of it…