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The Road to CIVILITY Valerie J. Gross, CEO Howard County Library
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Vision and Mission Vision:  Howard County chooses to be a model of civility. Mission:  We choose respect, consideration, empathy, and tolerance as our fundamental values, enhancing the community’s quality of life.
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Ken Ulman Howard County Executive Choose Civility “in some ways, has come to define us.” State of Howard County Address, January 14, 2009
“ Can Kindness Be Mandated?  Howard County's Civility Experiment”  blog post by John Kelly in  The Washington Post  (July 28, 2009) “ . .  . anything that causes people to ponder their actions is worthwhile.”
“ This should be a national movement.”
Civility Cafe
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Valerie J. Gross, CEO Howard County Library 6600 Cradlerock Way Columbia, MD 21045 410.313.7772 valerie.gross@HCLibrary.org  Want to Learn More? ChooseCivility.org

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Choose Civility Presentation

  • 1. The Road to CIVILITY Valerie J. Gross, CEO Howard County Library
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  • 34. Ken Ulman Howard County Executive Choose Civility “in some ways, has come to define us.” State of Howard County Address, January 14, 2009
  • 35. “ Can Kindness Be Mandated? Howard County's Civility Experiment” blog post by John Kelly in The Washington Post (July 28, 2009) “ . . . anything that causes people to ponder their actions is worthwhile.”
  • 36. “ This should be a national movement.”
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  • 39. Valerie J. Gross, CEO Howard County Library 6600 Cradlerock Way Columbia, MD 21045 410.313.7772 valerie.gross@HCLibrary.org Want to Learn More? ChooseCivility.org