Save Your City

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Love is the greatest civic virtue.

Diane Kalen-Sukra: LGIU Top Thinker in Local Government, 2026

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Lead with Civility

A Handbook for Uncivil Times

Public life is being pulled toward contempt, misinformation, and chaos.

Leaders face a choice: surrender to it—or change the culture. Lead with Civility shows how.

Drawing on ancient wisdom and civic leadership examples, Diane Kalen-Sukra equips leaders to hold the line, interrupt dysfunction, and restore order and trust.

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A companion book to the bestseller Save Your City.

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DR. RON DART

Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Lead with Civility is a phoenix rising from the ashes of toxic culture. Diane Kalen-Sukra weaves time-tested civic wisdom with hard-won insights from years in the fray.

CHRIS EDDY

Local Government Executive & Podcaster

Lead with Civility is the leadership handbook we've been waiting for—essential reading for anyone in public life.

5th Anniversary Edition

In a climate where chaos often overshadows community, this updated and illustrated edition of Save Your City—reprinted due to popular demand—offers the antidote: timeless wisdom and practices for a renewal of civic values and culture.

Enclosed is a poster Roadmap to Renewing Civic Culture, empowering readers with practical steps to take today.

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IRA BASEN

CBC Radio Producer

Save Your City is an inspired and powerful must-read. Our democracy is in peril and this book delivers the right message, by the right person, at the right time.

GEORGE B. CUFF

Governance & Management Consultant

Save Your City is an absolute must-read for community builders. Diane Kalen-Sukra masterfully enlightens the challenges of modern governance with the wisdom of classical antiquity to address our increasingly uncivil society.

SAM CHAISE

Christian Ministries Executive Director

For the love of community, read Save Your City. You will be taken on a journey that awakens your heart and our collective hope for a sustainable future.

DR. LEW BAYER

Civility Experts Worldwide

I applaud Diane Kalen-Sukra for devising a blueprint for community change. Every community leader should read Save Your City—pen in hand—and then emphatically implement the strategies in detail.

ROBERT FOX

Former Executive Director, OXFAM

Save Your City cuts through the toxic fog and plots a course to cohesive communities and better living. Diane Kalen-Sukra sets out a vision—a path forward—to counter the culture of division and reassert the power and dignity of our common purpose.

JERRY BERRY

Municipal Consultant & Educator

Congratulations to Diane Kalen-Sukra for taking on this critical topic at a time when democratic institutions are experiencing unprecedented challenges and threats. Everyone working in local government, or concerned about the future well-being of representative democracy and civic participation, should read this book.

SEAN MAGENNIS

YPO Global President & COO

Save Your City is a brilliant book. Practical, grounded in historical lessons, provocative and right on. This is a timely wake-up call to action for all of us who act and live our values. Civility and respect for the golden rule is not dead. Enjoy this must-read.

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