Longtime Mayor of Dubuque named All-America Leader

June 28, 2022

Congratulations Former Mayor Roy Buol of Dubuque, Iowa, one of two 2022 All-America Leaders! Launched in 2022, the All-America Leader Award was created to celebrate the work of civically engaged...

Portsmouth’s ‘Miracle’ Jeremy Burnside named All-America Leader

June 23, 2022

The National Civic League is honored to name Jeremy Burnside of Portsmouth, Ohio one of two 2022 All-America Leaders. Jeremy exhibited a lifetime of civic leadership and contributed significantly to...

Announcing the 2022 All-America City Hall of Fame Inductee

June 23, 2022

The National Civic League is excited to announce that Dayton, Ohio is the 2022 All-America City Hall of Fame Inductee. A four-time All-America City (1951, 1978, 1991, 2017), Dayton is...

Climate Policy Meets Civic Engagement

May 31, 2022

This May, a group of 45 climate and civic engagement experts convened for two days in Washington, D.C. for the conference, Civic Engagement in American Climate Policy: Collaborative Models. The...

Public Safety: Thinking Outside of the Box

May 27, 2022

In the League’s April 2022 newsletter, Doug Linkhart, President of the National Civic League, encouraged us to remember that police oversight is not the responsibility of the President of the...

Keeping the Peace in Danville

May 25, 2022

Police-community relations in Danville, Virginia, are getting a new look during the next month with the opening of a new police headquarters that the city is naming “1 Community Way.”...

Still Healing After 58 Years

May 25, 2022

St. Augustine, Florida is over 450 years old but one of its most famous historic sites commemorates an event that happened only 58 years ago. In June 1964, Andrew Young,...

It’s Not Enough. But It’s Something.

April 29, 2022

“What has Joe Biden done since George Floyd’s murder?” asked a recent letter to the editor. The President, as I used to lecture my kids, is not in charge of...

Community Healing from Disasters in Boulder

April 29, 2022

Boulder, Colorado understands all too well how important community healing can be in the face of tragedy. Over the past two years, the city experienced a variety of challenges, ranging...

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