At-a-glance: Speak Your Peace?
“Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project” is a resource for building civic engagement. It provides civil and respectful tools for people as they present their views and discuss issues.
“Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project” is a resource for building civic engagement. It provides civil and respectful tools for people as they present their views and discuss issues. Based on nine tools taken from P.M. Forni’s book, “Choosing Civility,” the project has been adopted by nine bodies of government in the Twin Ports area, is part of the curriculum in the Duluth public schools and has been used around the world. The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation launched the program with a public education campaign in 2003.
Its nine tools are:
Use civility tools at your event
Organizing a candidate forum ordebate? Gathering people to discuss issues in election season? Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project would like to help. To learn how to use the Speak Your Peace tools and make yours a civility-certified event, contact Anita Stech at (218) 724-5761 or at monardamom@yahoo.com.
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