We rely on a robust team to make #CityHallSelfie Day/#CityHomeSelfie Day (August 14) a success. Each hour, we have teams working on social media to share the submitted selfies and help tell the story of the day. Sign up for the shift(s) and tool(s) that you are most interested in helping with. Sample responsibilities include...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This blog was written by Michelle Bixler, Director of Community Development in Strasburg, VA. I work for a community named Strasburg located right at the intersection of interstates 81 and 66 in northwestern Virginia. Strasburg has 6,600 residents. Like a lot of communities in VA, it has a historic downtown, with beautiful architecture and Civil War markers throughout. It is rural. It...
