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“We’ve been thrilled to work with AIA and with Clarksville, Eastpointe and Blacksburg on this project,” says Aaron Westling, senior associate at the Mayor’s Innovation Project. “Each of these mayors has made a public commitment to community-informed urban redevelopment. Nearly every city in the country has vacant and underutilized buildings like this in their community; …
A report released in May by the Women Mayors Network and Equity Agenda, a nonprofit focused on local government, found increased levels of psychological violence and threats leveled against mayors across the country, particularly women and women of color. Read the full article at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-29/mayors-and-local-officials-face-a-rising-tide-of-threats-harassment
“As a national network for mayors, this is very concerning – both because it’s a threat to mayors’ personal safety and because of the potential to increase the already striking gender and racial parity gap present among executive elected officials,” said Katya Spear, Managing Director, Mayors Innovation Project.
“Mayors should not have to weigh their decision to run for office—or stay in office—based on these kinds of abhorrent threats,” said Katya Spear, managing director of the Mayors Innovation Project, about the report, “Intersectional Psychological Violence, Threats, and Physical Violence against Mayors in 2021.”
“As a national network for mayors, this is very concerning – both because it’s a threat to mayors’ personal safety and because of the potential to increase the already striking gender and racial parity gap present,” Katya Spear, managing director of the Mayors Innovation Project, said in a statement. “Mayors should not have to weigh …
