Civility Blog

So as we move through Thanksgiving and into the holiday season, we are thankful for so many things!  The people who choose to join the Institute, and the work we are able to do.  Of course!  We are grateful to truly be making a difference.  But also for evidence of a growing civility movement across the country, taking root in communities all over the nation, as recently reported in the Baltimore Sun.  As they say, civility is something we choose.  We hope you will choose to join the Institute, as every person truly counts!  That is how movements grow!  And may we all choose civility throughout the holiday season and the new year!

We have perceived a growing hunger for civility in this country, and indeed have felt it ourselves. It is our belief that the hunger people feel will - sooner or later - be expressed in the voting booth. It has happened in the past, and according to the Post Star of Glens Falls, New York, it has has happened again. Those who won in recent local elections won, at least in part, on a platform of civility.

Those who are running in the local, state, and national elections of ‘08 would be wise to notice - and many of us would be grateful if they would run their election campaigns accordingly. The culture changes as the people speak. Go out and spread a little civility today!