AAC Promising Practices Webinar: Community-Wide Visioning with an Equity Lens

AAC Promising Practices Webinar: Community-Wide Visioning with an Equity Lens

Join the National Civic League to learn more about how two All-America Cities underwent a community-wide visioning process with a specific focus on engagement and equity.

Decatur, GA will discuss their visioning process, “Better Together.”
San Antonio, TX will discuss their process, SA2020.

Thursday, November 15th at 11 am PST/12 pm MST/1 pm CST/2 pm EST

AAC Promising Practices Webinar: Supporting Community Mental Health

The National Civic League was joined by Longmont, CO and Stockton, CA to share how they support mental health in their communities.

AAC Promising Practices Webinar: So you want to be an All-America City?

2018 All-America City winners, Kershaw County, SC and Las Vegas, NC, presented on their All-America City journey with tips for applying, the types of projects they submitted and an update on the benefits they have seen from winning the award.

AAC Promising Practices Webinar: Stable, Affordable, Equitable Housing

Learn how the Sankofa Initiative became a multi-pronged approach, responding to housing, public safety, community environment, income, quality of life and most importantly pride in their community. The presenters, among others, tackled root causes of health inequalities (poor housing, lack of culturally responsive food access, crime and economics) to achieve health equity for members of the community.

Public Libraries Lending Social Work Resources to Vulnerable People

Public libraries see some of the community’s most pressing problems up close. In this webinar, learn how libraries are assisting people with recovery needs and homelessness. In Denver, a community resource team helps people connect with resources to help them reach their goals. In Washington, D.C., the public library engages customers without homes and facilitates access to social services, medical care, and housing. Learn how these libraries have leveraged community partnerships, trained staff, developed programs and even engaged customers.

Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Efforts in Local Government

Learn how two local governments – Oakland, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – are approaching diversity, inclusion and racial equity. Presenters Nolan Atkinson, chief diversity officer in Philadelphia, and Darlene Flynn, director of Oakland’s Department of Race and Equity, have deep roots in these areas. They will discuss how they tackle diversity and inclusion and racial equity in local governments, pioneering the work in their respective cities.

Building Community Trust Using Police Data and Dashboards

In this webinar, attorney Bob Scales and San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia discussed the challenges of collecting use of force data and successes from sharing data with the community. Both addressed how data can be used to engage and the community as well as how city leaders have used data for risk management and budget allocations.

Community Dialogues with On the Table

Join the National Civic League on Monday April 23rd to learn about the benefits of community dialogues through On the Table. The Chicago Community Trust’s annual region-wide civic engagement initiative On the Table has provided an annual forum for tens of thousands of Chicagoans to engage in meaningful conversation, develop new relationships and inspire action to make a difference in communities.

Infusing Engagement in City Planning and Visioning

In this webinar, National Civic League Fellow, Larry Schooler, will discuss two engagement projects he managed, Imagine Austin and Our Vision Fort Lauderdale.

Infusing Equity in City Government – How and Where

Equity is becoming an important part in government operations and services, but how and where can a city government begin? In this webinar, National Civic League fellow Dante James will share a list of examples for how to begin to infuse equity throughout city government. He will discuss how to build support for the work, what tools to use, how and where to evaluate and change outcomes. Examples will come from departments of human resources, police, capital projects, Title VI, budget and more.

2018 All-America City Application Tips

Learn more about the application guidelines and criteria for the 2018 All-America City Award. Somerville, Massachusetts’ Deputy Communications Director, Jackie Rossetti, joined to provide insight and tips from a previous winner.

Building Equity in Parks and Recreation

In this webinar, participants will learn how parks and recreation systems can be transformed by using an equity lens. In Minnesota, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has used equity to decide how resources and improvements are made. The National Recreation and Park Association has made social equity a focus.

The Power of Libraries to Foster Inclusive Civic Engagement

In communities of every size, public libraries provide leadership, information, tools, and a place where people connect to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of active civic engagement. Presenters include Chris Becker, Senior Consultant for the Urban Libraries Council and Sheila Umberger, Director of Libraries for Roanoke, Virginia

Racial Equity and Healing

The Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) enterprise of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a comprehensive, national and community-based process to plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change in our society, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.

So You Want to be an All-America City?

Learn more about the 2018 All-America City Award Program – Promoting Equity Through Inclusive Civic Engagement. Previous winning communities presented on their All-America City journey with tips for applying, the types of projects they submitted and an update on the benefits they have seen from winning the award.

Educational Equity

Learn from 2017 All-America City Winners, Stockton-San Joaquin Valley, CA and Dayton, OH, about educational equity strategies for community-based work to help more children from low-income families achieve grade-level reading proficiency and early school success.

Health Equity and the Role of Civic Engagement

Understanding what matters when it comes to health equity and American communities.

Fair and Affordable Housing Strategies

Presentations from Cashauna Hill, Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center and Phil Eide, Senior Vice President, Community and Economic Development at Hope Enterprise Corporation

Creating Spaces for Youth-led Initiatives

Presenters: Deirdre Love, Teens With a Purpose, Norfolk, Virginia and Alejandra Silva, Youth Equity Coordinator, Building Health Communities Salinas, California

How Cities Can Foster Positive Relationships Between Youth and Police

Building relationships between young people and police can bring positive results for your city.

Inclusive Civic Engagement Practices

Learn from Seattle, Washington; Dubuque, Iowa; and Lakewood, Colorado on their strategies for inclusive civic engagement and how you can adapt them for your community. 

Community Policing

Learn from All-America City winner Columbia Heights, Minnesota and from Sean Smoot, a 21st Century Policing Consultant, on community policing strategies.