ELGL Collectives build community for our members of color while also doubling as a tool for recruitment for new members. Collective events are focused on building authentic and genuine connections in local government. Please RSVP to attend an event, and make sure you join the Collectives in our online community at Community.ELGL.org. Collectives Quarterly Meeting – March … Continued
For Immediate Release New Benchmarking Tool and Report Reveals Widespread Gender Gap in Local Government Leadership CivicPulse and ELGL release new interactive tools, report, and resources to track the gender diversity of leadership across the 21,000+ local governments in the United States March 16, 2022 — CivicPulse and ELGL released a first-of-its-kind gender diversity benchmarking … Continued
This guest article is by ELGL member Matt Hirschinger, Assistant to the City Manager for the City of Arvada, CO. Read all of Matt’s other articles at the Social Justice –> Government homepage. Those of us who advocate for social justice within local government largely contend with changing the status quo, with trying to make … Continued
This article is by longtime ELGL member Bob Lavigna, IPMA-SCP. Bob is the director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement with CPS HR Consulting, an independent and self-supporting public agency. The Institute provides employee engagement services to IPMA-HR members. Lavigna has more than 30 years of experience leading public sector HR organizations. You can reach … Continued
Local governments need creative and dynamic leaders who are prepared to break through the “we’ve always done it this way” mindset to help communities thrive. Transformative leaders build resilient organizations that are unafraid to try new things, reform and improve business processes, and encourage empathy throughout the organization. The new Transformative Local Government Utility Leaders … Continued
This post is by Stephanie Chase. Connect with Stephanie on Linkedin and Twitter. Longtime #localgov employee, Founding Principal of the Constructive Disruption consultancy, Executive Director, Libraries of Eastern Oregon, 2019 and 2020 Traeger Award winner, and long time ELGL member. The process to write ELGL’s next strategic plan gets underway on Monday! ELGL’s strategic plan is the … Continued
ELGL is currently accepting applications to join the Morning Buzz writing team. Morning Buzz articles are written by ELGL members to reflect on and share about local government topics, work, and trends. All ELGL members are welcome to apply. Writers will be assigned one to two due dates per quarter and provided with training and … Continued
This article is brought to you by our friends at Bellwether Consulting in support of their Herocrats Spotlights series. Abdullahi Abdulle is a Transportation Equity Planning Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Abdullahi’s connection to his community has been an important thread through his equity work, and we spoke to Abdullahi about how his … Continued
This article was written by Kylie Bayer, MPA, SHRM-SCP (she/hers) as part of the So…What Do You Do? Writing Series. Connect with Kylie on LinkedIn and Twitter. See all the articles in the series. I’ve found a fulfilling career in human resources, and you might, too! Here’s an example of my workday. Hit me up … Continued
This article was written by Councilor Carol Clarke, Birmingham City Council, District 8 as part of the Black History Month writing series. Connect with Carol on email, LinkedIn, and Facebook. See all posts in this series and more Equity & Justice resources. I recently read through Charles Connerly’s book, “The Most Segregated City … Continued
