External Resources

The League has gathered the following external resources that are relevant to the fields of civic engagement, good governance and more.

To have your resource considered, email ncl@ncl.org.  

Good Governance

• American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
• Government Finance Officers Association
  • Materials Library
• Institute for Local Government
  • Resources for Elected Officials
  • Resources for Management and Staff
• International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
  • Public Management Magazine
  • Practices for Effective Local Government Leadership
  • Ethics in Local Government
  • Popular Resources on Innovation
• National Academy of Public Administration
  • 12 Grand Challenges in Public Administration
  • Management Matters Podcast
  • Public Service Panel
• National League of Cities
  • Resource Library

Civic Engagement

• America Indivisible
  • Engagement Toolkits
• Cities of Service
  • Engagement Techniques
• Civic Responsibility Guide: Resources to Promote Civic Engagement
• Everyday Democracy
  • Civic Engagement
• The Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement
  • Civic Engagement Practice and Theory
• National Conference on Citizenship
  • Civic Health Index
• Opengov
  • Improvement equity guide for congressional culture
• Public Agenda
  • Yankelovich Stronger Democracy Program
  • Community Voices for Health
  • Tools and Guides
• Remote Public Meeting Toolkit

Youth Engagement

• All In Campus Democracy Challenge
  •  Student voting engagement challenge 
  • Resource Hub
•  Bridge the Divide
  • Discussion engagement board
  • Mismatch, civic discourse video conferencing
• Campus Democracy Challenge
• Civics Unplugged
  • Civic high-school leadership program
• Project TEAL
  • Elementary-High School Civics Curriculum
• Young Invincibles
  • College Engagement
  • Adulting101
  •  #HealthyAdulting toolkit
  •  #AdultingU student loan toolkit

Civics Education

• American Democracy Project
  • Leadership Development Programs
• Center for Civic Education
  • Teaching Resources
• Citizen University
  • Youth Collaboratory
  • Citizen Redefined High-School program
• Close Up
  • High School Programs
  • Middle School Programs 
  • Virtual Programs  
• Generation Citizen
  • Kick Start Action Civics online curriculum
  • Democracy Lab Social Studies education curriculum
• iCivics 
  •  iCivics Government Games
  • Civics Teaching Tool Kit
• Mikva Challenge
  • Action Civics Curriculum

Voter Participation and Voting Reforms

• All in Campus Democracy Challenge
  • Campus Democracy Engagement Challenge
  • Resource Hub
• Ballot Ready
  • Voter Engagement Ballot Ready resources
• Campus Vote Project
  • Campus Vote Project Programs
  • Resources for Students and Administrators/Faculty
• Fair Vote
  • Resource Archive
• Independent Voting
  • Activism
  • Resource Archive 
• Nonprofit Vote
  • Voting by State Info
  • Webinar Training Series
  • Resource Library
• Vote at Home
  • Information for Voting
• Vote Friendly Campus
  • Campus Engagement Plan
  • Resources

Dialogue and Public Deliberation

• Aristotle's Cafe
• Deliberative Democracy Consortium
  • DDC Bulletin
  • Journal of Public Deliberation
• NCDD
  • NCDD’s Resource Guide on Public Engagement
  • NCDD Beginner Guide
• Everyday Democracy
  • Discussion Guide
  • Dialogue vs. Debate
• iap2
  • COVID-19 Public Participation Resources
  • National Dialogue Guides 
• Kitchen Table Democracy
  • Tools & Resources
  • Research & Development 
• Living Room Conversations
  • Hosting a Conversation
• National Conversation Project
  • Conversation Resources
• National Institute for Civil Discourse
  • Research
  • NICD’s National Civility Network (NCN)
• Participedia
  • Research
• Thriving Together: Civic Renewal Conversation Guide
• Weaving Community
  • Get Involved in Community Integration

Equity

• Center for Community Change
  • Equality by Issue
• Center for Social Inclusion
  • Area/Sector Specific Programs
  • Tools & Resources
• ColorOfChange.org
• esri
  • Racial Equity Tools for Cities and Counties
• GARE
  • Racial Equity Tools
  • Racial Equity Curriculum
• International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
  • ICMA Equity and Inclusion Toolkit
• Living Cities
  • Racial Equity & Inclusion
• National Academy of Public Administration
  • Social Equity in Governance Panel 
• National League of Cities
  • Report: Innovative, Inclusive and Equitable Cities
• PolicyLink
  
  • Building Momentum from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Promoting Justice in Policing
  • Getting to Equity Advocacy Results (GEAR)
  • Resources
• The SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
  • Beyond Inclusion - Equity in Public Engagement
• We in the World
  • WE WIN Racial Justice Community
• WK Kellogg Foundation
  • Resources

Resilience

• City Resilience Framework
• Resilient Cities Catalyst
  • Deploying all of the Tools in the Municipal Toolbox
  • Building a National Infrastructure for economic Resilience
• The American Institute of Architects
  • AIAI: Community Resilience Design Resources
• Thriving Together: A Springboard for Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Communities Across America
• U.S. Green Building Council
  • LEED Climate Resilience Screening Tool
  • Measuring Resilience Guide
• Urban Sustainability Directors Network

Well-Being

• Well Being Trust
  • Pain in the Nation: A Strategy to Save Lives
  • Vital Conditions for Community Health and Well-Being
• WIN Network
  • Well Being Alliance

Environmental Justice 

• Center for Community Change
• Deploy/US
• Front and Centered
  • Action
• SolSmart
  • Solar Energy Toolkit for Local-Governments
• USC Equity Research Institute
  • Economic Inclusion and Climate Equity
  • Economic Inclusion And Climate Equity Publications