![Nagoya City Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2022-03/Nagoya%20City%20Hall.jpg?itok=eMvwwcAz)
In Japan, local governments have a duty to exercise a measure of independence from the national government regarding the manner in which they operate.
Here are examples of brownfields redevelopment from around the globe and ICMA’s leadership in the brownfields movement.
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From a letter to ICMA Executive Board about the fundraising campaign for Ukraine.
![NDI Youth Guide](/sites/default/files/styles/lead_image/public/2022-03/Promoting%20Youth%20Voices%20in%20Local%20Decision-Making%20Global%20Youth%20Council%20Guide_Page_01%20%28002%29.jpg?itok=xVj7l-Fg)
To help ignite diverse youth engagement in your community, ICMA partnered with the National Democratic Institute to develop a Global Youth Council Guide to help promote youth voices in local decision-making.
![Veterans Relief Response](/sites/default/files/styles/lead_image/public/2022-03/Veterans%20Relief%20Response%202.jpg?itok=HvK7wHqf)
ICMA supports all service members and values their passion to serve their communities and the military. Understand the difference between Reservists and National Guard personnel who serve in local government, and why both add value to your community.
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Judge Brown Jackson's tenure as a judge gives us some indications as to how she might rule as a Supreme Court Justice in cases of importance to local governments.
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ICMA joined diversity, equity and inclusion staff from Norfolk, Virginia, and Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Inclusive Economic Growth, a webinar on the importance of economic inclusion and economic mobility, including an outline of the process of rightsizing an inclusive economic development strategy to pilot in your organization.
![Photo of Burbank homeless](/sites/default/files/styles/lead_image/public/2021-09/Burbank-homeless-1.jpg?itok=OhKP46bL)
Recent responses to encampments are not the answer.
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Access to previously unknown opportunities