Texas Lyceum Leadership Program 2025
Leading Civil Discourse
Campaign for Civility
2025: Leading Civil Discourse
We’re proud to continue a professional development program specifically designed for Lyceum Directors and Alumni. For experts looking to refine their technique or beginners interested in learning new skills, these practical workshops will help you be increasingly effective in your professional and civic life. This year, we will focus on civil discourse - skills to enhance how we as leaders move forward in respectful and productive conversations.
Workshops will take place on the day before each quarterly meeting and will be led by Texas Lyceum alumni who are experts in the field, experienced leaders, communication experts, and conflict resolution specialists with a background in fostering inclusive environments and productive dialogue. Each course will feature a topic important to facilitating civil discourse and a moderated alumni panel modeling civil discourse on a topic related to the quarterly conference. Participants will be provided a curated list of resources for additional learning on enhancing civil discourse.
Participants who complete all three courses will receive a certificate of completion.
Workshop #1: Basics of Civil Discourse
What is civil discourse, and what are the key skills to have to effectively engage and foster civil discourse? In this session, you will learn the fundamentals of civil discourse, how to disagree without being disagreeable, and move towards problem-solving and civility for productive conversations. The workshop will close out with a moderated conversation on how we teach and narrate the history of our state.
Becoming Texas: The Cultural Crossroads of Texas Heritage - Marfa, TX
- Thursday, April 10, 2025, 3 PM – 5 PM
- Speaker: Dr. Jill Hernandez, Dean, Texas Tech University Honors College
- Moderated Alumni Panel Topic: The 1836 Project - How Do We Tell the Story of Texas
- Moderated Alumni Panel Participants: Coming Soon
Workshop #2: Modeling Civility on Social Media
In this workshop, strengthen your skills in civil discourse through social media. Come learn how to frame and articulate positions and arguments to provide a space for effective and civil conversations online.
Informing the Future: Instability and Innovation in Media - September 18 - 20 | Dallas, Texas
- Speaker: Jennifer Sarver, Sarver Strategies, Lyceum Class of 2014
Workshop #3: Supporting Civil Discourse in Our Communities
Start your Victoria conference experience off by participating in the Texas Lyceum Leadership Workshop! This session provides an opportunity for Lyceum Directors to continue to refine their skills to move forward respectful and productive conversations through civil discourse. The last workshop of the year Supporting Civil Discourse in Our Communities will focus on expanding these skills of civil discourse within our communities. Learn from practitioners and Lyceum alumni on the front lines of civil discourse in communities, and gain resources on how we can work together to build greater capacity for civil discourse in our communities. Final session details will be sent to participants the week of the conference.
Perceptions, Reality, & the Future of Texas Law Enforcement - November 13 - 15, 2025 | Victoria, Texas
- Speaker: Coming Soon
- Moderated topic and alumni speakers: Coming soon
Price and Registration
The price for the entire series is $250 per person or $100 per individual session to cover the Lyceum’s hard costs for producing the sessions. Presenters are donating their time and expertise.
If interested, please sign up here
Meet the Presenters - Coming soon
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