More than 200 people gathered on Feb. 3 at Drake University’s Sheslow Auditoriuim for the latest event in the “Better Together” civility speaker series. P.M. Forni, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of “Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct,” spoke about the benefits of and tools for creating a more civil society.
 
Pictured here, from left: J. Barry Griswell, president of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines; Forni; Scott Raecker, executive director of Character Counts! in Iowa; Michael Renner, Drake University provost; and Connie Ryan Terrell, executive director of Interfaith Alliance of Iowa.

Partners in the Better Together-Creating Community Through Civility speaker series include Character Counts! In Iowa, the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, Drake University and Interfaith Alliance of Iowa.