Whether it’s name-calling contests disguised as political debates, friends defriending friends on Facebook for sins real or imagined, or the elbows-in-ribs entitlement of all too many, civility as we know it is in short supply. Has that elusive quality vanished from modern life for good? If not, what can we do to nurture it?
Steven Petrow leads a panel of fellow advice columnists who talk candidly about how we can all get along in a world increasingly beset by seismic shifts, whether technological, social, or political. Participants include Carolyn Hax of the Washington Post, and Lizzie Post, great-great-grandaughter of Emily Post. The speakers will welcome audience members' questions.
Journalist Petrow is the go-to guy on modern manners, and he’s written five books on the subject. He writes the Civilities column for the Washington Post, as well as Digital Life for USA Today, and previously wrote the Civil Behavior column in the New York Times, Medical Manners for Everyday Health, and Digital Dilemmas for Parade magazine.
