LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast meeting and talk on civility and respect at 7 a.m. Thursday, May 10, at the Kora Shrine Center, 11 Sabattus St.
The speaker will be Mark E. Hews, president, M E Hews and Company, LLC. Revive Civility is a grassroots initiative committed to helping foster an open exchange of ideas and expression of values that will lead to better problem-solving, more effective government and inclusive and engaged communities.
Maine Revives Civility involves a personal commitment to improve civility and respect in people’s lives, engage elected officials and community leaders to do the same, and organize one of four conversation types in their communities. This creates an effective framework to address self-identified community issues. Maine Revives Civility is a project of the National Institute of Civil Discourse.
Cost of the breakfast meeting and talk is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Registration is available at www.LAMetroChamber.com.
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