Deerfield Declares Month of May as Civility Awareness Month

May 15, 2012 - PRLog -- (DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS)  The Chicago Chapter of the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) is one of 21 chapters worldwide participating in obtaining official city proclamations to recognize the Month of May as International Civility Month. Each proclamation received will be officially recognized during AICI’S 23rd Anniversary and their 2012 Annual Global Conference to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from May 17 through May 20, 2012.  The proclamations will be numbered in the order received, acknowledged, recognized and displayed during the conference period.

This official proclamation, presented by Deerfield recognizes AICI as the driving force behind spreading the word about Civility worldwide.

The effort began at the AICI 2009 Annual Conference in Irvine, California where the Civility Counts Project was launched.  The Los Angeles City Council awarded AICI with its first proclamation.   Since then, chapters around the world are approaching individual city councils, mayors’ offices, clubs, chambers of commerce, and more, to obtain official proclamations to help spread the word that beginning May 2012 that May is International Civility Month.  

The inspiration for this widespread Civility project is Dr. P.M. Forni, the author of Choosing Civility:  The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct and The Civility Solution:  What to Do When People Are Rude.  He is also co-founder of the Johns Hopkins Civility Project and was the recipient of AICI’s highest recognition, the IMMIE Bravo award at the 2009 Conference.  Former recipients include New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Target Stores and Oprah Winfrey.

Forni now serves as AICI’s advisor and mentor on Civility.  Civility is defined as a code of behavior based on the 3 Rs:  Respect, Restraint and Responsibility.  

AICI, the Source for Image Professionals in Education, Experience and Excellence, is the leading and largest professional association of personal and corporate image consultants worldwide.  A nonprofit organization, AICI is dedicated to advancing the level of professionalism and enhancing the recognition of image consultants.  On the Web: www.aici.org.