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Podcast: Equity and Neighborhoods with Majestic Lane, Pittsburgh, PA

Majestic Lane Chief Equity Officer & Deputy Chief of Staff City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Focusing on people, not just place. Majestic Lane, Chief Equity Officer and Deputy Chief of Staff for the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, joined the podcast to talk about the creation and work of the City's Office...

City of Long Beach, CA Racial Equity and Reconciliation Initiative

The City of Long Beach released the Racial Equity and Reconciliation Initiative – Initial Report to Mayor Robert Garcia and City Council. The report details actions to address anti-Black racism, advance racial equity, and reconcile with the vision that race should not determine social and economic outcomes for those who live or work in Long Beach. The...

“Due to patriarchy, I am behind in emails” : Supporting Families at Work

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...

Podcast: Engaging through Art with Carrie Christensen, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

Carrie Christensen Senior Planner Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board LinkedIn | Twitter Meaning making and synthesizing. Carrie Christensen, Senior Planner for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, joined the podcast to talk about how she has employed artists to be partners in the community engagement work they do. Partnering artists has improved the quality of engagement...

Graduate Student Research: Role of a Local Government PIO

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...

How to Fail (Forward): A Framework for Fostering Innovation in the Public Sector

The Centre for Public Impact and The Aspen Institute Center for Urban Innovation just launched “How to Fail (Forward): A Framework for Fostering Innovation in the Public Sector.” The study provides an in-depth look at one of the most challenging areas of government: how to identify and learn from failures. In a sector where the...

Webinar Series: Engagement During Pandemic Uncertainties 

Join ELGL and the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement for a four-part webinar series on engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic! As local governments continue to wrestle with challenges of balancing community health and community connection during what is becoming a new normal of uncertainty, ELGL and the Davenport Institute are excited to continue the conversations...

I Have to Ask: City Councilor is a Part-Time Job

In this series, guest columnists choose to reflect on one of three prompts provided by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Jon Stehle, Councilmember at the City of Fairfax, Virginia and Director at Tyler Technology, writes about balancing a day job with the responsibilities of a councilmember. In Virginia, being an elected official is a part...

Podcast: Embracing Failure in Local Government with Andi Mirviss

Andi Mirviss Program Manager Centre for Public Impact Bio | LinkedIn Linking innovation and impact. Andi Mirviss, Program Manager for the Centre for Public Impact, joined the podcast to talk about failure in government. She shared how failure is key to innovation and embracing it allows people to embrace new ideas. The Centre for Public Impact...

The Kids Are Alright: Quotes from Kids' Flicks Local Government Didn’t Know It Needed

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones - Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: The Sun Magazine What I’m Listening to: Chill XM What I’m Watching: Tony Hawk’s MasterClass *** Like many parents, I’ve been doing the COVID work-from-home shuffle: good intentions paired with a healthy dose of “I’ll allow it,”...

Making it Rain With Relief Funding

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, TN. @ me: Twitter & LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Little Fires Everywhere What I’m Listening to: An Oral History of the Office What I’m Watching: Brooklyn Nine-Nine I have big COVID CARES Act dreams for my communications department. In fact, I...

Rewind: How One Community Decreased Unsheltered Homelessness by 30% in Two Years

This webinar originally aired on July 29, 2020. In 2017 Marin County, CA had the seventh highest rate of per capita homelessness in the entire country. However, from 2017 to 2019, Marin reduced overall homelessness by 7%, chronic homelessness by 28%, and San Rafael, Marin’s largest city, witnessed a 30% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. Come...

Podcast: Supporting Main Street with Richard Berry, Kauffman Mayors Council

Richard J. Berry Consultant Former Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico Twitter | LinkedIn Lessons from the Great Recession. Richard Berry, former Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, joined the podcast to talk about the work of the Kauffman Mayors' Council and the long term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He shared what it was like to...

There is TEAM in COVID-19

This post is brought to you by Nina Vetter - Find me here! What I'm watching: Brooklyn Nine-Nine reruns because that humor is what I need right now What I'm reading: The Splendid and the Vile, because we can always learn from history In local government, we rely on teams to function every day. I'm sure...

Rewind: Census 2020: Best Practices & Community Conversations

This webinar originally aired on Thursday, July 23, 2020. In light of recent events, securing funds for undercounted populations through the Census has become even more important and challenging. What are some of the tactics and strategies local governments have implemented in order to increase their Census response rate? What updates have they made to...

Member Profile: Rafael Baptista

Rafael Baptista Senior Manager for Community Economic Development for the City of Raleigh LinkedIn I Twitter If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Portland, OR Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation. What year would the most important in your life? Why?...

Diversity Dashboard: Age of Respondents

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...

Call for Mentors: Opportunities in Fall '20 & Winter '21

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...

I Have to Ask: Starting a New Job During COVID-19

In this series, guest columnists choose to reflect on one of three prompts provided by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Michael Montgomery, Deputy City Council Administrator for Colorado Springs, Colorado, writes about transitioning to a new job during COVID-19. In 2012, I left Colorado to pursue my Master of Public Administration at the University...

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