Are you concerned with making progress on one of the biggest adaptive challenges of our day?
Join the Kansas Leadership Center and Citizen University for Civic Circles throughout Summer 2022!
Adaptive Challenge: The rising challenge of resisting polarization
Goal: To spur people to recommit to each other as Americans
Process: Host Civic Circles conversations by utilizing catalyzing questions to engage participants
Content: Use music, civic texts and poetry to mobilize conversation
Want to get involved?
- Attend a Zoom orientation session or view the recording when made available on this page
- Apply to be a Civic Circle host on the following form
- Host a Civic Circle with 8-10 individuals in your community
- Tell us about your experience
If you have aspirations and concerns for the future of our democracy and you know that more people must step up to rebuild belief in our civic institutions and in each other, this is your chance to take action.
Civic Saturday Recording
On Saturday, June 11, the Kansas Leadership Center partnered with Citizen University to host a virtual Kansas Civic Saturday. Civic Saturday is a unique gathering designed to help us rediscover our belief in democracy and remember what’s possible when we build together rather than tear down separately. This special edition of Civic Saturday was hosted and facilitated by KLC CEO Ed O’Malley and Citizen University CEO Eric Liu. View the recording to experience the art, dialogue and inspiring remarks.
Civic Circle Host Orientation Slides
By hosting a Civic Circle, you will bring friends and strangers together to nurture a spirit of shared purpose. These slides will help you learn how to host your own Civic Circle and steward conversations about recommitting to each other as Kansans and Americans.
Civic Circle Host Facilitation Guide
This downloadable guide has been created to help you host a gathering that motivates people to resist polarization and to recommit to “others” – so that we can face challenges more effectively, and live more meaningfully, together.
Orientation Recording
The Kansas Leadership Center hosted Civic Circle orientation sessions via Zoom on June 21 and 23. A recording of the orientation is available here for those who weren’t able to attend in real time.
