Recovery strategy focuses on communications, metrics, reinforcement, recognition, and regeneration
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Kristen Cox’s Trailblazing Session reminds us that data can be an incredibly powerful tool, or it can handicap us as local government leaders.
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Robin DiAngelo speaks on systemic racism and white fragility during her keynote session at ICMA’s UNITE
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ICMA Executive Director Marc Ott shared inspiring words with attendees of ICMA's digital event, UNITE.
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The ICMA Executive Board voted to publicly censure and expel from membership former Damascus, Oregon, city manager Richard Carson.
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Dr. Manuel Pastor, author of State of Resistance presented “Uncommon Common Ground: Centering Racial Equity for a Better America” during ICMA’s event, UNITE.
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Nearly 40 percent of African American state and local workers expect to take on more debt.
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We're looking forward to hearing from Dr. Manuel Pastor, our Wednesday evening trailblazer speaker at the 2020 UNITE Conference.
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Applications for this initiative are now closed. Deadline: Monday, October 12, 2020