Fierce Civility: Transforming our Global Culture from Polarization to Lasting Peace

Has the world gone mad? Will war and conflict ever end? Civil unrest seems rampant as we’ve become polarized to the point of extremism. Most of us know things have to change so we can find our way back to one another. But how?

Fierce Civility: Transforming our Global Culture from Polarization to Lasting Peace answers these questions and more by providing a step-by-step journey into a dynamic new human story with hope at its foundation. It lays out the Fierce Civility Pathway of Hope, a sweeping, bold yet highly relational and pragmatic plan to break the gridlock of polarization and get us talking again. The author invites readers to explore:

• How do we confront a bully without becoming one?

• How do we advocate for social and cultural transformation without adding to the tension or causing harm?

• How do we take care of ourselves and increase our personal agency, fulfillment and resilience at a time when it seems more challenging to do so?

Through strategies, skills and practices honed and road-tested during the author’s decades of work, Fierce Civility’s powerful approach is for anyone who is trying to find their grounding in these uncertain times, or is seeking a practical, heart-inspired methodology for making world peace, at long last, our reality.

“Weston’s ‘skills of the heart’ can turn our ideas into action at a time when our future depends on our willingness to come together.”
—Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, Founding Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse