The League’s Commitment to Strengthening Democracy and Local Governance

November 8, 2024

The results of this year’s elections remind us that we are a diverse nation, made up of not just red and blue states, but also blue and red dots within...

Regardless of Election Results, Local Work on National Issues Continues

November 1, 2024

Worried about the results from the national elections on November 5? Have no fear, the local work in the trenches of our communities will continue to address broad issues of...

Local Democracy in Boulder Gets a New Look

November 1, 2024

On September 26, 2024, the Boulder City Council piloted a first of its kind “Community and Council Forum,” a reimagined version of the traditional “study session.” These study sessions are...

Resilience in the Face of Election Challenges

November 1, 2024

Cities and counties are weathering the storms of the campaign season and this week’s elections, working to encourage voting, assure election integrity and safety, and battle misinformation. Above all, local...

Facing Conflict, Building Trust

September 26, 2024

“We help communities face division.” With that statement, Carl Smallwood of the Divided Communities Project kicked off a three-day academy on mediating conflicts at Stanford University in mid-September. During the...

The Uphill Challenge of Implementing Equity in 2024

September 26, 2024

The newly inaugurated class of the ICMA Racial Equity Leadership Institute met last week and discussed the increasing challenges of implementing DEI programs in the face of escalating pushback on...

Reflections on the 2024 Democracy R&D Conference 

September 26, 2024

The annual Democracy R&D conference was hosted in Vancouver from September 19-20 by MassLBP, in partnership with NewDemocracy, and collaborators such as Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.  ...

Citizen Assemblies: Real Civic Engagement

September 26, 2024

Across the country a handful of communities are quietly revolutionizing the way governments and citizens work together by incorporating an innovative model called a citizen assembly into their public engagement....

How I Was Restored- By Doug Croft

September 25, 2024

Editor’s Note: Doug Croft was a key member of the team that brought the All-America City Award to Thomasville, North Carolina, in 2013. Since then, he has remained deeply involved...

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