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By Chasity Wells-Armstrong Chasity Wells-Armstrong is the Founder of Catalyst Coaching & Transformation and Creator of the SCALE™ Framework for Public Sector Leadership, which she uses to support mayors and municipal teams with strategies and resources. Wells-Armstrong is the former Mayor of Kankakee, IL and has served on the Mayors Innovation Project Steering Committee since …
A new poll from the national group Mayor’s Innovation Project shows that female mayors face higher rates of harassment and violence than their male counterparts. Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges helped to develop and facilitate the survey. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about its findings.
Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges joined “The Final 5” to discuss a new study from the Women Mayors Network showing women mayors face substantially more harassment than their male counterparts. From threats and violence to “slow-burn sabotage,” the study suggests these challengers especially target women of color. In her interview with Jim Lokay, she lays …
Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong spoke with Dr. Sheila White on Chicago’s Lightning Strike Talk Radio Show, highlighting her work with the Women Mayors Network (WMN) to carry out their recent study on the individual and systemic barriers that women mayors face as they campaign and govern. Read the full report here.
Female mayors experience political violence at a much higher rate than their male counterparts, according to the results of a new study conducted by the Mayors Innovation Project.
Before the Winter Meeting, Mayor Norton took part in a Mayors Innovation Project workshop on Economic Mobility, where she provided updates to fellow mayors on several City of Rochester initiatives, as well as partnerships with Cradle 2 Career and Collider.
The United States has the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, with the maternal mortality rate being highest for Black women. The vast majority of these deaths are preventable, but the United States lacks maternity care providers, after birth home visits and paid parental leave policies to protect and support parents. Read …
“According to the Mayors Innovation Project, threats against local officials are also threats “to democracy, [by] threatening to deter individuals from campaigning, serving in office, and seeking subsequent terms… [they are] threatening to deter progress in increasing representation across race, gender, and sexual orientation in elected office.””
This week we are featuring one of our member cities, Everett, WA. Since 2013, overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl have significantly increased in cities across the United States. In response to this crisis, Mayor Cassie Franklin has formed a drug crisis task force and secured funding for mobile response teams. Read below to …
In January 2020, the Women Mayors Network was launched as a part of the Mayors Innovation Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The network is an impressive sisterhood that provides a safe space for women mayors where they can speak candidly, learn from each other and gain the skills necessary to succeed—especially for women in leadership roles.
