Last remaining member of the Kerner Commission, Honorable Fred Harris, speaks at National Civic League's 2018 Conference. 2018 was the 50th anniversary of the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (more commonly known as the Kerner Commission).
Hilda L. Solis, Los Angeles County Supervisor who also served as US Secretary of Labor and as a Member of Congress offered a keynote address during the 2018 National Civic League Conference.
Vice President of Government, External Relations and Research for Kaiser Permanente Colorado, spoke at the 2018 National Civic League Conference on building healthy, equitable communities.
David Mathews, President of the Kettering Foundation, was a keynote speaker at the 2019 All-America City Awards and Event. His remarks centered around one of the National Civic League's Co-Founders, Theodore Roosevelt. Mathews posited that Theodore Roosevelt would immediately cancel the All-America City Awards. Mathews quipped that Teddy would replace the award with the All-America Failure Awards, given to cities that know how to fail successfully.
Alicia Lara, United Way’s Senior Vice President of Impact, stresses the importance of putting those you serve at the center of your work in her Keynote Speech at the 2019 All-America City Awards and Event.
La June Montgomery Tabron, President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, was a keynote speaker at the 2019 All-America City Awards. In her remarks, she explained Kellogg's approach to civic engagement, which includes: cooperative planning, intelligent study and group action.
