Category: Virtual Content

Strengthening Faith Partnerships: A Tool for City Resilience

By Mary Carr Lee • Mayors Innovation Project Across the country, cities are navigating a complex reality defined by two factors: the increasingly high needs of our most vulnerable residents and the persistent uncertainty of federal funding and municipal budgets. Simply put, the gap between what residents need and what public services can provide is …

All Democracy is Local: The Critical Role of Mayors and City Leaders in the 2024 Election

By Mary Carr Lee • Mayors Innovation Project The stakes could not be higher in the 2024 Election and local governments have a critical role to play to help protect the right to vote and ensure free and fair elections. The Mayors Innovation Project (MIP) was pleased to join the Local Policy Lab in welcoming …

Event: Cities of Care

Join us for a discussion amongst mayors and city leaders on how gender conscious transportation can make cities safer and more accessible.

Virtual event: Mayors Roundtable on Alternative Response & Reimagining Policing

This event will present information on alternative response models informed by NYU's extensive research on cities doing this work across the country, including Albuquerque, NM and Brooklyn Park, MN.

Event: Water Affordability Community of Practice featuring Deirdre Finn

In partnership with the Water Center at Penn, our Water Affordability Community of Practice (COP) spotlights best practices on challenges and solutions related to water affordability, providing ample time for questions and informal discussion among peers. We invite local utility and city leaders that are striving to provide access to safe and affordable drinking and …

Event: The Discourse of Public Work

Join us for a discussion amongst mayors and city leaders on how to foster and support productive mayor-council relationships.

Ensuring Local Reproductive Freedom

Friday, December 3 10:30am PT/11:30am MT/12:30pm CT/1:30pm ET A Mayors-exclusive Event Cities play a crucial role in ensuring that people can control their reproductive and sexual lives, choose whether and when to become parents, and get the support they need to raise their families. The Local Reproductive Freedom Index—just released—evaluates cities and counties on 34 …

Event: Welcoming Afghan Refugees & Beyond

Welcoming Afghan Refugees & Beyond: A Mayors-only Roundtable Wednesday, October 27 1pm PT/2pm MT/3pm CT/4pm ET Length: 45 minutes We all watched the upsetting footage out of Afghanistan in August as refugees fled the country. Since then there has been an outpouring of support from the American public to help, but more needs to be …

Event: Water Affordability in Alexandria, VA

Photo by Jack Prommel on Unsplash In partnership with the Water Center at Penn, our Water Affordability Community of Practice (COP) spotlights best practices on challenges and solutions related to water affordability, providing ample time for questions and informal discussion among peers. We invite local utility and city leaders that are striving to provide access to safe and …

Event: Food Access and Affordability

Tuesday, August 24 11am PDT/12pm MDT/1pm CST/2pm EST This event is open to all mayors and city staff. Access to abundant safe, affordable, and nutritious food is a significant challenge to infant and maternal health. Pregnant mothers, infants, and toddlers get more than 50% of their total daily exposure to organophosphate pesticides — one of …