Lead for America (LFA) seeks host cities for two-year fellowship programs! About LFA: Lead For America works to ensure that our most dynamic and diverse young talent is working on our communities’ toughest challenges. Our flagship program is a paid two-year high impact fellowship with a four-year commitment for leaders ages 21-30 to serve their … Continued
The National Civic League is now accepting applications for the 2021 All-America City Award. The 2021 All-America City Awards will recognize communities that have worked to improve equity and resilience. Equity is the fabric that allows communities to achieve broad-based economic prosperity and other goals. Resilience enables communities to face challenging times by not only preserving … Continued
Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski (thanks, Stephanie Chase!) What I’m Listening to: Slow Magic’s “Wild” on repeat What I’m Watching: Season 3 of Schitt’s Creek and this amazing … Continued
ELGL is excited to announce two 2021 Data Analysis Cohorts, a pair of six-week skills-based cohorts for local governments interested in refreshing their basic data analysis skills or exploring the technologies available for data analysis work. This cohort is being developed by rockstar ELGL’er Jason Jones and the ELGL Brain Trust. Part of ELGL’s Local … Continued
Civic Arts & ELGL are excited to begin the second the Creative Community Cohort, a six-month learning opportunity designed for busy local government staff who are currently working to develop and implement creative placemaking projects and processes in their communities. The cohort-model learning process allows local government practitioners in any department to enhance their knowledge … Continued
This article is written by Brian Smith, Polco / National Research Center. Gratitude in this year of all years? A global pandemic. Millions unemployed. Natural disasters. Racially-aggravated police violence and riots. A divisive election season. It’d be quite understandable if the idea of gratitude had slipped your mind. Despite what this year has become, I … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware What I’m Watching: Hallmark Christmas movies and finishing up the fourth season of The Crown What I’m Doing: Quarantining and looking forward to being outside and seeing people, even if from a distance Normally I look forward to writing … Continued
This article was written by Kristie Weaver, Parks Director, City of Hurst, Texas. Kristie wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Kristie on Email or LinkedIn. Hi! I’m Kristie Weaver, Parks Director for the City of Hurst, Texas. After … Continued
The 2020 twin challenges of the pandemic and the racial equity crisis in the US are driving local governments to address inequities and injustice in all their systems, from HR to services and everything in between. This six-week course will focus on preparing participants to have hard conversions that address the current environment of racial … Continued
This article was written by Thomas Prior, Recent Graduate and Marvin Andrews Fellow from Arizona State University. Thomas wrote this article as part of the Water Resources Cohort. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn or Twitter. Visualize yourself transported to 1850s Chicago. Crowds of people are arriving on transport docks … Continued
