Audiences for Civic Reflection

Who is civic reflection for?

Civic reflection can be useful to just about any group of civically engaged people who have something in common, whether that is a region or community, an organization, or a kind of service. To give just a few examples, they may be:

• leaders of different philanthropic organizations,
• nonprofit leaders and staff,
• nonprofit boards of trustees,
• citizen leaders in a city or town, such as members of a service club like Rotary,
• individual givers in a community or region,
• direct-service professionals connected by a
  tradition of care or a common public,
• young people engaged in a service program like AmeriCorps –or just interested in exploring their relationship to their neighbors and neighborhood,
• or members of a congregation who want to think more deeply about their or their church's giving in the context of faith.

Each of these groups is a natural network—a ready-made community—of people who have civic ties. They share a common geographical area (a neighborhood, city, region, state) or type of civic activity (giving, serving, associating, leading). They have occasion to see one another on a regular basis and likely opportunities to work together on behalf of a larger good. Finally, they are vital to the health of their own community, such that improved relationships and deeper moral imagination would make a contribution on a wider scale.

What group of people in your world would you most like to bring into conversation, in order to deepen their civic imagination and build stronger bonds of understanding? Look through the How-To Guide for ideas on how to identify and gather your group.

Contact us if you would like to talk through your ideas with a member of our knowledgeable staff.