…speculated on why that is: Relationships are “heart” – and we live in a “head” culture. Relationships call to interdependence – while our culture highlights individualism. Relationships are hard to…
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Civity, Relationships, and the Art of Playground Jump Rope
…relationships. In particular, Civity focuses on relationships that are too often given short shrift in communities: the relationships between people who are different, people who belong to different social groups….
“It’s All About Relationships” – Civity, Systems, and Philanthropy
…key aspects of Civity’s work: Civity Centers Relationships for Systems Change An understanding of social systems led Civity to put relationships at the center of our work. Civity Relationships…
The Journey from Head to Heart
At Civity we talk about the power of relationships to make it possible for different people to “see” others and care about their well-being. Relationships – especially relationships between people…
One-on-One: Superhighway to Relationship
…people deliberately engaging in relationships of respect and empathy with people who are different. Civity highlights relationships because relationships – the billions of interpersonal interactions that happen in a community…
The Power of ‘Power-With’
Civity is all about relationships – creating and strengthening bridging relationships that connect people who are different. These relationships form the relational infrastructure that underlies the civic infrastructure. Together, relational…
From Civity Leaders to Civity Leadership
…is effective operates relationally. Relationships enable meaningful conversations. Relationships form the basis for trust. Relationships connect people from different places in the system to make possible new ways of addressing…
Where We Gather – Missing Our “Third Places”
…make up that web are characterized by both bonding and bridging relationships. Bonding relationships connect us to those we live and work with, the people we see every day, the…
Why “Civity”?
…safe, bonded, nurturing spaces. “Civity” reminds us that we work better and more effectively when our working relationships reach within and stretch across. We also need the bridging relationships that…
The Power of Civity: A Story with a Moral and More
…an individual – in the story my unearthing the redlining map. And we are socialized to skip over and minimize relationships and the ways in which those relationships are built….