ELGL is thrilled to welcome a small group of carefully chosen cities and counties to its 2020 Strategy & Performance Management Cohort. In partnership with ClearPoint Strategy, this group will work through a rapid strategic planning program designed to help them build and implement strategy & performance management goals over just twelve weeks. They’ll be mentored … Continued
This article is written by Helen Lei, Management Analyst Fellow, City of Los Altos, California. She wrote this article as part of the Equity Ambassadors Cohort. You can find all the articles for this cohort here. In the past several months, it has been impossible to miss the news reports on the rapid spread of … Continued
Happy Monday, everyone! I’m Jessica VanderKolk, and I hope you’ll connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m (re)watching: Parks & Rec. It’s my favorite show when I need to keep it light. What I’m listening to: The Nice White Parents podcast from Serial and The New York Times. It’s fascinating and maddening so … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Stephanie Chase — connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter What I’m Reading: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson What I’m Watching: Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You When I’m Not Reading: Let’s be honest: playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Recently, Khara Jabola-Carolus’ out-of-office statement made waves on … Continued
ELGL member Christina Mascarenas is a graduate student at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism in Columbia. She is pursuing a master’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in strategic communications and public relations. Christina is requesting public information officers (PIOs) with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience working as a PIO or … Continued
This year’s ELGL Diversity Dashboard survey launched on June 17, 2020 and since then, we’ve received 167 responses! Although the survey will continue to be available for new responses for the next few months, it’s interesting to see what kind of data we’ve received so far. This post on respondent age is the first in … Continued
ELGL’s Cohorts Program is recruiting mentor volunteers for several cohorts in fall 2020 and early 2021. We have several new cohorts opening up this fall and early next year – and we need your help! In our three- and six-month cohorts, each participant receives valuable guidance from a one-on-one mentor city. This provides an outlet … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m working on outside of work: Discipline in exercise and how I spend my time! (read: not on instagram) What I’m looking forward to: Swimming with my kids this weekend My next big goal: Unrelated to work, I think we’re finally going to pull the plug … Continued
When I started conceptualizing Social Justice -> Local Government last year, I came up with a basic premise which I spoke of in my introductory post this January. “In this series I will take the most critical, interesting, and relevant lessons I learn in my coursework and research [on social justice topics such as feminism … Continued
This morning’s buzz is written by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware, as small coastal town of about 3,000 residents. What I Am Reading: The Bible (the Gospels specifically) What I Am Listing To: The Lines Between Us by Lawrence Lanahan While we struggle to deal with the effects of COVID and strive to achieve racial … Continued
