Exclusive Content: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Podcast: CivicPRIDE with Pam Davis, Boulder, CO

Posted on June 14, 2019

Pam Davis Sr. Management Analyst Boulder, CO LinkedIn | Twitter Advancing inclusive local government. In honor of Pride Month, Pam Davis, Sr. Management Analyst for the City of Boulder, Colorado and the Leader of CivicPRIDE joined the podcast to talk about empowering LGBTQIA+ leadership in local government. CivicPRIDE is the first nationally recognized LGBTQIA+ professional association...

Meet a Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer (& Why Every City Hall Should Have One)

Posted on May 23, 2019

This guest blog is by Peter Kobak. Connect with Peter on Twitter and LinkedIn! In many American cities, race is a primary indicator of a person’s success. What would it take for that to not be the case? Dr. Farris Muhammad, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the City of Peoria, Illinois, believes that...

Podcast: Near the Top Report with Leisha Dehart-Davis & Kimberly Nelson

Posted on March 8, 2019

Leisha Dehart-Davis Professor of Public Administration and Government UNC School of Government Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Kimberly Nelson Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government UNC School of Government Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Diversity in the local government profession. Two professors from the University of North Carolina School of Government share findings from...

Podcast: Fostering an Inclusive City with Mayor Steve Callaway

Posted on February 8, 2019

Steve Callaway Mayor Hillsboro, OR Bio | Twitter Leading Hillsboro. Mayor Steve Callaway from Hillsboro, Oregon joined the podcast to talk about his path into public service, how his city works to attract people into local government and reaching out to the Latino community. Mayor Callaway also discussed his viral social media post on dealing...

ELGL19 Session: Financial Empowerment through Local Government

Posted on February 5, 2019

Breakout: Financially Empowering Individuals & Families through Local Government In the last ten years, cities and counties across the country have come to realize that residents’ financial instability is an issue of such importance, and relevance, that it cannot continue to be relegated to the nonprofit sector to solve. Unstable personal finances are often why...

ELGL19 Session: Starting an Equity & Inclusion Program

Posted on January 23, 2019

Time: 10:20 am Friday, May 17 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: Starting an Equity & Inclusion Program - Definitions, Tactics and Best Practices The trend in high performing organizations is to operationalize and prioritize equity and inclusion on an enterprise level. But what does that mean and how does it get done? Attendees...

ELGL19 Session: Improving Opportunities for Justice-Involved Residents

Posted on January 16, 2019

Time: 2:00 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: Case Study - Improving Opportunities for Justice-Involved Residents in Durham, NC A team inside the City of Durham, North Carolina is tackling one of the biggest issues that cities face, improving the economic opportunity for residents impacted by the justice system. From interviewing...