Empowering leaders for civil impact.
What is the Civility Leadership Institute?
The Civility Leadership Institute (CLI) convenes a diverse group of leaders from around the country for a year of training, learning, and crucial conversations. Participants gain deeper understanding from each other while discussing important topics impacting our world today. CLI cohort members will begin their year-long journey by attending the Civility Summit in Little Rock, AR in July 2025. After that, the class will meet virtually once a month (schedule below). During each session, participants will work through an exciting curriculum, hear from dynamic nationally recognized speakers, and strengthen their relationships with each other.
CLI graduates will receive a certification in Renew America Together’s SERVE: a framework for civility, TRUST: combating disinformation and be invited to participate in enrichment programming. Upon program completion, members will be welcomed into the CLI Alumni network to continue building relationships with one another, receive an invitation to attend enrichment curriculum, celebrate progress and accomplishments, and host/attend special events.
Who should apply for CLI?
Anyone that feels that our program will help you make an impact in your community. We hope to have a diverse class in order to provide our participants with a unique and impactful experience. Renew America Together knows it is our differences that make our country stronger and making sure CLI cohorts reflect America is of the utmost importance. Through the application process we consider: professional fields, gender identity, education, political affiliation, ethnicity, geographic location, age, and more.
Our alumni members include community leaders, law enforcement, mayors, educators, business leaders, grassroots activists, congressional staffers, nonprofit executives, students, etc.
Previous Speakers
Braver Angels
Team Democracy
Former White House
Chief of Staff
Vicki Clark Consulting
Renew America Together
Concordia
Public Speaker
Little Rock Nine
Atlantic Council
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
Public Speaker
Trilogy Interactive
RepublicEN
White House Press Corps, CBS
Olympian
Congressman, Country First
Filmmaker
40 Acres &
a Mule Film Works
Yelp
FIL, Inc.
Johns Hopkins
Fox News
AJR, Planet Reimagined
Actor, Activist, CORE Founder
Columbia University
SkyBridge Capital
CNN
Squire Patton Boggs
Clinton Foundation
JPJ Consulting
Arkansas Center for
Health Improvement
George Washington University
CNN
Actor, Screenwriter
Renew America Together
Requirements:
- Attend in-person Civility Summit in Little Rock July 2025.
- Attend all virtual sessions taking place one day each month for five months with six months follow-up.
- Participate in survey measurements during and after the program
Application & selection process:
- Complete application to the Civility Leadership Institute (CLI) before the March 31, 2025 deadline. (Rolling applications accepted for limited time post-initial application window)
- Participate in any additional follow up regarding the application (including scholarship questions, interviews, etc.).
- CLI Cohorts will consist of approximately 30 participants.
- Cohort 5 will be announced in June 2025.
Investment per participant:
- $995 tuition (this includes all virtual sessions, hotel, food, and entry to Little Rock Civility Summit)
- Several full and partial scholarships available through the general online application.
- Payment is due upon acceptance into the program.
Participants will:
- Engage in the year-long Civility Leadership Institute program.
- Hear from and interact with nationally recognized speakers on a monthly basis.
- Recognize their communication, leadership, and influence styles as well as adapt to positively impact others.
- Learn to communicate topical issues with civility through our civility framework.
- Learn tools to identify and fight disinformation in the digital age.
- Apply learnings to specific situations through project work.
- Co-create solutions to organizational and societal problems with fellow participants.
In-Person Civility Summit:
- CLI tuition includes hotel, activities, and meals during the Civility Summit.
- In-person curriculum based sessions.
- Networking meals/dinners with facilitators, staff, and alumni members.
- You will receive CLI materials and supplies (curriculum workbooks) book club literature, swag and more.
- Featured speakers and hands-on activities on topical issues.
Upon graduation participants will:
- Through the train-the-trainer model, participants will be certified to teach the Civility Framework and disinformation curriculum to others.
- Receive professional certificates of completion from Influence training by TypeCoach.
- Join the CLI Alumni network.
- Invitation to attend continuing monthly enrichment sessions with General (ret.) Clark & other Renew America Together (RATO) featured speakers.
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