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

October 15, 2018

Learn more about how two All-America Cities underwent a community-wide visioning process with a specific focus on engagement and equity. Decatur, GA discusses their visioning process, "Better Together." San Antonio, TX discusses their process, SA2020.

AAC Promising Practices Webinar: Supporting Community Mental Health

September 24, 2018

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: Stable, Affordable, Equitable Housing

August 29, 2018

Learn how the Sankofa Initiative became a multi-pronged approach, responding to housing, public safety, community environment, income, quality of life and pride in their community. The presenters tackled root causes of health inequalities to achieve health equity for members of the community.

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

August 14, 2018

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.

Public Libraries Lending Social Work Resources to Vulnerable People

July 17, 2018

Public libraries see some of the community’s most pressing problems up close. In this webinar, learn how libraries have leveraged community partnerships, trained staff, developed programs and even engaged customers.

Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Efforts in Local Government

June 28, 2018

Presenters Nolan Atkinson, chief diversity officer in Philadelphia, and Darlene Flynn, director of Oakland’s Department of Race and Equity, 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

April 23, 2018

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

April 19, 2018

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

February 22, 2018

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

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