“I am more self-aware of my body language and stress triggers.”
— Forum Moderator Training Participant
“Civility matters because it’s a waste of time and resources to argue and debate before checking out our assumptions, errors and misunderstandings.”
— CA League of Women Voters participant
“The workshop helped me learn to go toward conflict and negotiate instead of avoid or compete.”
— Volunteer Moderator participant
“In the future I will be more thoughtful and practice asking open-ended questions — questions that help get to the heart of the issue through clarifying.”
— WA League of Women Voters participant
“The materials have been useful in navigating the multi-faceted world of municipal legal and policy issues.”
— City Attorney participant
“If civility is respect, listening, and advocating for what one believes in, it’s the backbone of democracy. Without civility, any ‘democracy’ is a sham.”
