Civility 101: Change starts w/us

Graydon Stanley believes if we’re looking for someone to blame, the mirror might be a good place to start.

“We, all of us, have stood aside and allowed a lack of civility and a general tone of unpleasantness to take root throughout society,” said Stanley, vice president of student services at North Idaho College.

“Now it’s time that we admit it, and find ways to push back — to restore respect and dignity into the way people treat each other.”

To that end, NIC will partner with the Coeur d’Alene Task Force on Human Relations, the school’s own Diversity Council and the Associated Students of North Idaho College (ASNIC), and serve as co-host of a one-day conference this Thursday.

The event, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Schuler Performing Arts Center in Boswell Hall, is titled: “Returning Civility to America’s Democracy: The Promotion of Civil Dialogue.”

The conference’s keynote speaker will be Cornell W. Clayton, director of Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University/ Steve Cameron , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.