This Is Civity
Podcasts
Civity is a culture of deliberately engaging in relationships of respect and empathy with others who are different. Our world today is one of haves and have-nots, insiders and outsiders, people who belong and people who are marginalized because they are other. By reaching out person-to-person to others who are different, all of us together create the relational infrastructure to build solidarity, justice, and resilience in our communities. Our differences are our strengths. This is ‘civity.’ Our podcast showcases interviews with people bridging power-based divides to move communities forward on issues grounded in inequities.
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United States
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Podcasts
Description:
Civity is a culture of deliberately engaging in relationships of respect and empathy with others who are different. Our world today is one of haves and have-nots, insiders and outsiders, people who belong and people who are marginalized because they are other. By reaching out person-to-person to others who are different, all of us together create the relational infrastructure to build solidarity, justice, and resilience in our communities. Our differences are our strengths. This is ‘civity.’ Our podcast showcases interviews with people bridging power-based divides to move communities forward on issues grounded in inequities.
Twitter:
@ThisIsCivity
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.civity.org/
Email:
info@civity.org
Episodes
Claudia Cohen & Everyday Dignity
1/10/2023
Acts of dehumanization and humiliation are tools of war and submission. But, the flip side – the impact of offering dignity and acknowledging humanity, is less well studied. Claudia Cohen has coined the phrase everyday dignity to describe small acts that can restore our humanity. Cohen is adjunct faculty at the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia Teachers College, and a founding member of the Summit Interfaith Council Anti-racism Committee and Anti-Racism...
Duration:00:50:59
Making DEI Work Transformative & Relational, with Jacqueline Font-Guzmán
7/12/2022
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Jacqueline Font-Guzmán, vice president for diversity, equity, & inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University; and strategic vision director for the Center of Justice & Peace Building at EMU.
Civity has been privileged to support EMU on its Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) journey with workshops for the President and her Cabinet and the Board of Trustees.
Together, we explore how to make DEI work transformative, including the importance of making it...
Duration:00:42:31
Learning to Listen in Different Ways, with Graham Bodie of the Listen First Project
7/10/2022
In this episode, we welcome Graham Bodie, professor of integrated marketing communication at the University of Mississippi, and chief listening officer with the Listen First Project.
As with Civity, the Listen First Project supports the creation of bridging relationships - focusing its efforts on elevating the impact, visibility, and voice of organizations doing bridging work.
We explore how Listen First brings bridging organizations together and works to bring more people to the...
Duration:00:35:18
Bridging Across Difference in Polarized Times, with Convergence CEO David Eisner
12/10/2021
In this episode, we speak with David Eisner, CEO of the nonprofit bridging organization Convergence , about the increasing role of bridging organizations in cultivating relationships across difference, and working to preserve and nurture healthy civic spaces.
Convergence convenes people and groups with divergent views to build trust, identify solutions, and form alliances for action on critical national issues.
Duration:00:35:54
Josh Schachter, Creating Connections with Community Share
10/4/2021
In this episode, we talk with Josh Schachter - Founder & director of Community Share, a nonprofit that connects community resources, artists, organizations, and people to teachers, students, and schools.
The goal is to share wisdom and knowledge across these connections… and create real-world learning experiences for young people.
To find out more … or get involved… go to CommunityShare.us.
Duration:00:35:39
Welcoming Week 2021: Belonging Begins With Us
9/7/2021
Welcoming Week is an annual event put on by the organization Welcoming America to support communities seeking to increase belonging among all members of their communities, including immigrants.
The theme for 2021event is “Belonging Begins With Us” - reminding all of us that we can do our part to help others feel welcomed.
My guests are:
Jordyne Krumroy, Senior Regional Manager for Welcoming America
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Anthony Salas, Senior Manager of Events & Membership for Welcoming...
Duration:00:49:27
Relational Infrastructure to Bridge Differences and Heal Communities in Myanmar, with the World Bank's Nang Mo Kham
7/29/2021
In this episode, we explore the importance of bridging and relational infrastructure to achieving healthy communities.
Our guest is Nang Mo Kham, Eisenhower Fellow & senior health specialist at the World Bank.
Based in Myanmar. Nang sees herself as someone who can help establish a system that knits together local services, including education, public health, and others, to improve access for everyone, no matter their social status, background, or ethnicity… and thus improve the overall...
Duration:00:42:53
The role of public health agencies in community well being, with Andy Wessel
6/11/2021
In this episode, we explore the role of the public health department, and how civity practices can help local public health officials navigate differences and help residents feel heard and seen.
The public health department is involved in anything that can impact the health of populations – from obvious activities, such as educating the public about COVID-19, to activities that may not be immediately clear, such as being involved in transit planning or declaring racism a public health...
Duration:00:34:36
Melissa Weintraub w/Resetting the Table on Engaging Across Intractable Differences
1/23/2021
In this episode, we talk with Melissa Weintraub, founder & co-executive
director of Resetting the Table , which focuses on building dialogue and deliberation across political divides. RTT focuses on seemingly intractable differences that are breeding distrust, a lack of empathy, and marginalization. To learn more about Resetting the Table, and to view the film Purple – which uncovers humanity beneath our national conflicts, go to ResettingTheTable.org/Purple.
Duration:00:45:17
Adriana Sanchez-Solis, Seeding Civity at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services
12/10/2020
In this episode, we talk with Adriana Sanchez-Solis, Policy & Education Program Manager, in the Office of Equity & Inclusion… at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services. Adriana’s office worked with Civity as part of a Seeding Civity grant, and she discusses how Civity influenced her work.
Duration:00:31:14
Seeding Civity with the University YMCA
12/8/2020
In this episode, we explore the Seeding Civity partnership with the University YMCA at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. My guests are: Jes DeVries, director of immigrant family services at the University YMCA, and Cynthia Markstahler, Global Engagement Coordinator and AmeriCorps Vista Coordinator at the University YMCA.
Duration:00:34:49
John Wood of Braver Angels on Building Community Across Divides
10/21/2020
In this episode, we talk with John Wood, Jr., national ambassador for Braver Angels, an organization also working to build relationships across the divides that fracture Americans - including red-blue, class, and race & ethnicity
Braver Angels works at the grassroots level – in communities, on college campuses, and with local organizations – to bring people together in[removed]substantive ways. They are also looking for ways to heal the nation in the wake[removed]of the 2020 election by...
Duration:00:40:14
Courageous Conversations with Reverend Zina Jacque & Jessica Green
10/1/2020
Community Church of Barrington seeks to have people in their community connect and relate across differences, and they have been hosting what are called Courageous Conversations in an effort to tackle challenging community issues.
Reverend Zina Jacque & Jessica Green are co-hosts of a Year of Courageous Conversations in Barrington. They discuss how it has helped their community face and grapple with issues that permeate society.
Photo by: Linda Barrett...
Duration:00:29:29
Marnita's Table on Helping People in Communities SEE Each Other
9/30/2020
In this episode, Marnita Schroedl, CEO of Marnita’s Table, and Lauren Williams, Marnita’s Table’s Training Manager & Executive Administrator, discuss how to socially engineer equity. Marnita’s Table has been working in the communities in and around Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as communities across the country and around the world, to authentically connect people across difference, challenge people to have honest conversations… and achieve equity.
Duration:00:29:29
Tom Williams, Compassionate Louisville
9/28/2020
Attorney and Louisville civic leader Tom Williams discusses the importance of cultivating connections in communities where difference can lead to deep divide, and the importance of putting people at the center of this work.
Duration:00:49:57
Rachel Peric, Welcoming America
9/28/2020
Rachel Peric, executive director of Welcoming America, visits the This Is Civity Podcast to discuss the importance of inclusion in communities, and how government and business leaders can lead the way in taking specific actions to make immigrants feel more welcome.
Photo credit to Welcoming America
Duration:00:46:52
Jordan Feyerherm & Gladys Godinez, Center for Rural Affairs
9/27/2020
CFRA's Jordan Feyerherm & Gladys Godinez join the podcast to discuss the relational and civity nature of the work they do to encourage inclusion and connection in rural U.S. communities.
Duration:00:39:12
Derek Wolfgram & Jenny Barnes, The Redwood City Public Library's Human Library
9/26/2020
Library Director Derek Wolfgram and Library Services Supervisor Jenny Barnes talk about the Redwood City Public Library's Human Library, which helps to bridge divides by allowing readers to check out human "books" and have a conversation across difference.
Duration:00:29:29
David Levinsky & Nate Bagley, Bridging Divides Across Religious Difference
9/25/2020
Rabbi David Levinsky is Saidye Bromfman Rabbinical Chair at Temple Har Shalom in Park City, Utah. Nate Bagley is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Utah and host of the Loveumentary podcast, helping people create strong, lasting relationships. Both David and Nate are part of the OneAmerica movement – which seeks to build bridges and solve problems across the socially salient differences that divide us. They focus on bridging divides across religious difference.
Duration:00:44:05
Jud Hendrix, Lean Into Louisville & Global Human Project
9/25/2020
Jud Hendrix is executive director for Lean Into Louisville and project catalyst for the Global Human project. Jud has dedicated his life to encouraging and creating opportunities for engagement across difference. He discusses the importance of reaching across difference to heal communities and forge connections; and the importance of meeting people where they are and doing the work to know yourself, so you can truly know others.
Duration:00:48:06