Are you looking for practical, effective ways to foster a welcoming culture in your organization? Do you want actionable strategies to help your team engage constructively across differences in background, identity, and perspective?

Civity, a national nonprofit organization, has been working with leaders for over ten years to strengthen ‘social muscle’—cultivating relationships of respect, empathy, and trust across difference.

Workshop participants walk away with actionable, research-backed strategies that seamlessly integrate into their work. More than just a workshop, this experience provides leaders with tools to build trust and foster meaningful relationships that last far beyond the session.

Our interactive workshop blends plenary discussions, personal reflection, and one-on-one storytelling, helping leaders practice intentional relational engagement—connecting both head and heart to build authentic common ground.

WHO IT’S FOR
This course is open to all interested participants, even if you're not attending the entire ALP National Conference.

Facilitators: Malka Ranjana Kopell & Lucy Lantis, Civity

Malka Ranjana Kopell, a graduate of Leadership San Francisco, is Co-Founder and CEO of Civity. She has more than 30 years’ experience facilitating public policy conflict resolution and community engagement processes. Malka also served as a program officer for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, was the founding managing director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University, and is a senior associate with the Program on Consensus and Collaboration at California State University, Sacramento. She holds a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University and a B.A. from Stanford University.

Lucy Lantis is an entrepreneur, a Fulbright scholar, and an organizational facilitator. For over a decade, she worked in the world of international higher education. Today, she helps organizations create a culture of belonging through her work with Civity and beyond. She holds a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from Dominican University and a B.A. from Creighton University.