Welcome to the first Civity newsletter! You are receiving this because you have been identified as a civic leader and/or organizational change agent who may be seeking to tackle problems in a new way. This occasional newsletter will give you a chance to check in with what’s going on with Civity and to see what …
Author Archives: Palma Joy Strand
Why “Civity”?
When Malka and I first started writing about “civity,” our computers and phones auto-corrected it to “cavity.” (Good for a chuckle, but completely random!) And when we now talk about “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 …
Our Founding – and Foundational – Frame
Malka and I met over a project. About 10 years ago, two colleagues and I received a grant from the Hewlett Foundation to write and produce a Civic Engagement Guide. This project captured and built on our experiences as active citizens in Arlington, Virginia. Malka was our program officer. Over the course of numerous conversations, …
Welcome to Our Civity Blog!
We are launching this blog to provide a space for discussion about creating communities where people work together and collaborate to solve problems … in other words, communities with civity. In other parts of this website, we describe how The Civity Initiative builds civity by conducting projects. Our project work is a key part of …