About us

Our mission

To inspire people to understand and cultivate
a disposition of civility and develop it through practical skills.

Lisa Brandt

Lisa has a strong conviction regarding hospitality, used in a variety of spheres. She has launched multiple business and community endeavors, the most recent having been the Community Education and Awareness Chair for The Human Trafficking Task Force of Southern Colorado. In addition, as the spouse of a test pilot, formerly in the United States Air Force,  she has had a myriad of opportunities to interact with US and international officers in formal settings. She and her husband, Steve, make their home in the Black Forest of Colorado. They have seven children, one being from Ethiopia, and two grandchildren. 

Lori Leander

Lori has a background teaching and leading seminars on manners, personal presentation, cultivating inner beauty and relational skills, student leadership training, emotional intelligence and conflict resolution and is a recently commissioned Colson Fellow. For thirty years she has traveled the country with her husband representing a large nonprofit tasked with supporting families. She is greatly optimistic that the prevalent mood of divisiveness, even in communities of like-minded people, can be overcome by cultivating a heart of civility and the skills of civility and emotional intelligence. Lori and her husband Kurt make their home in Colorado Springs.They have 3 adult children and one “way above average” grandson.
Understand

Cultivate

Develop

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Understand

We live in unprecedented times. Alongside the ability to connect to anyone, anywhere, anytime, we are experiencing loneliness, social anxiety and divisiveness like never before. It would appear we are at a breaking point and cannot sustain this as a country or community or even within friend circles and families. The good news is, there is a movement of people who are weary of this and are longing to reclaim the civility that we once experienced and long to experience again. Understanding is the beginning of our solution to our civility problem.

Cultivate

Reclaiming a culture of civility is possible but it starts with each one of us as individuals. We can’t change the whole world but we can change ourselves, and inspire like-minded people to move this change forward. We are seeing it happen before our eyes and it is only just beginning!

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Develop

We believe that because human beings are relational at their core, there is a need for meaningful connection which we often undermine unintentionally through lack of self awareness and others awareness. But the good news is that we can learn and grow. Because of neuroplasticity —the brain’s ability to develop new pathways—  we can learn new habits of relating to ourselves and others while remaining consistent to our values. Because we have experienced transformation and growth, we  are committed to helping people develop these skills.