Community Mapping Guide: 5 Questions to ask before community engagement

Our name, Civility Localized, is a reflection of our mission to help communities grow with dignity. We believe that civility is essential for building strong and vibrant communities, and we are committed to helping our clients and partners engage in civil conversations that lead to positive change.

"The United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people." - Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) May 2023

Honoring the lived experiences, input, and time of community members during engagement initiatives is incredibly nuanced. We are honing in on universal guiding principles that serve as building blocks for quality interactions.

Considering all the different ways to develop robust and equitable engagement strategies is kind of our thing. We are community engagement experts and this is our passion. Let’s look at some of the benefits and challenges to compensating community members as a way to increase equitable participation in your next community engagement initiative.

Our DEI&B strategy is vital to our mission to facilitate honest conversations in safe spaces. We equip communities with the tools to guide governing bodies toward more inclusive processes, programs, and resources. We endeavor to ensure every community is heard and has every resource needed to foster true belonging.

CHARLOTTE (December 30, 2022) - The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board heard final results of an eight-week community engagement initiative from local consulting firm Civility Localized at their public board meeting on December 13th. Now, the firm has released the final report documenting the findings of those efforts.

The incredible power and importance of art is a topic we’ve found ourselves contemplating a lot lately at Civility Localized as we engage in arts and culture planning here in the City of Charlotte, North Carolina. Not only is art vital to human creativity and growth, but also to social harmony and frameworks of democracy. Whether you are an educator or an entrepreneur, a grandparent or a college grad, engaging with, and supporting art in your community can unlock life-altering benefits.

Seven core company values power everything we do at Civility Localized. From Trust and Inclusion to Community and Ease, here we briefly describe them all. We aim to increase equity, inclusion, trust, and community through dynamic forms of engagement with government and nonprofit initiatives nationwide. Local communities everywhere deserve to grow with dignity, and that’s why we #engagedifferent everywhere we go.

Learn about the certification programs designed to designed to increase participation on federal, state, and locally funded projects by underutilized businesses.