This Civility Tour Map is a visual representation of the nineteen months NEH Chairman Jim Leach spent completing his promised Civility Tour, visiting every state in the nation to raise public awareness with the message that “polarizing attitudes can jeopardize social cohesion and even public safety.”
Civility Tour Map
2012 Civility Tour Destinations
November 11, 2012
Iowa City: Speech/ panel discussion
Speech/ panel discussion, University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
March 24, 2012
2011 Civility Tour Destinations
May 14, 2011
Hawaii Music and Book Festival
Hawaii Music and Book Festival, Hawaii Council for the Humanities, civility address.
May 14, 2011
Hawaii: University of Hawaii, Centennial
University of Hawaii, centennial commencement address
April 30, 2011
April 28, 2011
April 21, 2011
April 21, 2011
Charleston
Address, "Civility in a Fractured Society," Culture Center
April 18, 2011
April 7, 2011
March 30, 2011
Reno
Address/ panel discussion, "Conversation About Politics, Sportsmanship and Civility," Nevada Humanities Council
March 26, 2011
Philadelphia
Remarks, "Civility and Democracy" event at National Constitution Center
March 16, 2011
Charlottesville
Civility Address, 17th Festival of the Book, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
March 11, 2011
March 11, 2011
Kansas City
Civility Address, Annual Atkins Lecture Series, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
March 10, 2011
February 25, 2011
February 11, 2011
February 9, 2011
New York
A Looming Crisis in the Humanities, College Arts Association annual conferece
February 2, 2011
2010 Civility Tour Destinations
November 13, 2010
Chicago: Humanities Festival
Humanities Festival, remarks and panel discussion with the President of Northwestern University.
November 12, 2010
November 9, 2010
November 5, 2010
November 4, 2010
October 29, 2010
October 28, 2010
October 27, 2010
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City University, panel discussion. Oklahoma City University, speech.
October 23, 2010
October 20, 2010
October 8, 2010
Nashville
Southern Festival of Books, speech/panel discussion. Vanderbilt University, speech.
October 2, 2010
October 1, 2010
September 29, 2010
September 29, 2010
September 24, 2010
September 22, 2010
September 22, 2010
Indianapolis: Conseco Fieldhouse
Conseco Fieldhouse, NCAA and Indianapolis Colts, “Civility and Sports” talk and panel discussion.
September 21, 2010
September 20, 2010
September 18, 2010
Cody
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, speech. Northwest Community College, “A Conversation with NEH Chairman James A. Leach” discussion.
September 17, 2010
Billings
Montana State University, “Civility in a Fractured Society” speech and luncheon remarks for the board and staff of MSU Billings.
September 17, 2010
September 14, 2010
September 13, 2010
August 5, 2010
August 4, 2010
July 29, 2010
Birmingham
Alabama Foundation for the Humanities/Samford University, civility address.
July 26, 2010
June 18, 2010
June 18, 2010
Des Moines: Iowa Legal Aid Foundation
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation, Justice After Hours address.
June 15, 2010
Providence: Rhode Island Humanities Council
Rhode Island Humanities Council, address.
June 14, 2010
June 14, 2010
June 14, 2010
June 13, 2010
June 11, 2010
Boise: Idaho Humanities Council
Idaho Humanities Council/Cecil D. Andrus Center for Public Policy, address.
June 10, 2010
Portland: Oregon Business Association
Oregon Business Association Legislative Program, address.
June 10, 2010
Portland: Oregon Humanities Council, June
Oregon Humanities Council, reception remarks.
June 6, 2010
May 28, 2010
Salt Lake City: Westminster College
Westminster College, “Let Your Speech Be Always With Grace” commencement address.
May 27, 2010
May 14, 2010
LaGrange
LaGrange College, “Let Your Gentleness Be Known” commencement address.
May 12, 2010
May 11, 2010
May 10, 2010
Savannah
Savannah College of Art & Design, “Jurisprudence and the Humanities” speech.
May 7, 2010
Philadelphia: American Council of Learned Societies
American Council of Learned Societies, annual meeting.
May 1, 2010
Miami
Miami-Dade County College, “With Civility for Each, and Respect for All: Making America a Hate-Free Nation” commencement address.
April 29, 2010
April 15, 2010
April 14, 2010
Worcester
American Antiquarian Society, “Uncivil Discourse: A Conversation with Jim Leach and Jill Lepore” panel discussion.
April 13, 2010
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania, David & Lyn Silfen University Forum, panel discussion.
April 10, 2010
New Brunswick
Rutgers University, Conference on Cultural Heritage Now, “Civility in a Fractured Society” keynote speech.
April 8, 2010
April 7, 2010
April 6, 2010
March 26, 2010
March 12, 2010
March 4, 2010
New York
Civility in a Fractured Society, John Brademas Center The democratic seed that popped so briefly up on a rocky peninsula facing the Mediterranean Sea incuba
February 22, 2010
February 20, 2010
Princeton
Civility in a Fractured Society, Princeton University
February 16, 2010
February 12, 2010
February 4, 2010
February 3, 2010
February 2, 2010
Detroit
The Tensions Between Speaking and Listening: Democracy versus Oligarchy The concept of civility implies politeness, but civil discourse is about more than g
January 14, 2010
January 13, 2010
January 12, 2010
January 12, 2010
2009 Civility Tour Destinations
December 2, 2009
December 2, 2009
December 1, 2009
November 20, 2009
Washington, DC
Bridging Cultures Civilization requires civility. Words matter.
November 6, 2009
Omaha
With Malice Toward None An important aspect of my job is to make clear that while there is a cost to all government programs, little can be mor