In May 2022, the Mayors Innovation Project launched #MayorSafety month with the release of a survey of US mayors revealing an alarming increase in political violence directed at mayors – in particular, at women mayors and mayors of color. This year, we put together a round-up of new resources and best practices, along with opportunities to share your experiences.
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Affordable Housing, Integration, and Fair Housing Planning
The goal of racial equity has been a prominent national topic in recent years, but it is often unclear how the goal translates into practical policy solutions. There are promising strategies that can, in most cities, advance racial equity, increase housing affordability, and meet new federal guidelines for fair housing.
Event: Women Mayors Network Session on Navigating the Isms
This mayors-only interactive session created exclusively for the Women Mayors Network offers space for releasing and healing from the daily challenges of experiencing racism, heterosexism, and sexism and strategies for building shared accountability for disrupting these isms.
Event: A Conversation with Gina Ortiz Jones, Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
Wednesday, Sept. 28th 1 ET/12 CT/11 MT/10 PT Many U.S. cities are home to military installations, and virtually all cities are home to military veterans and their families. In this session, we’ll be joined by …
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.
Highlights from the 2022 Summer Meeting
Our first in person summer convening since 2019, the Mayors Innovation Project Summer 2022 Annual Meeting was held August 4-6 in Tacoma, WA.
Join us: Abortion Access Briefing exclusively for mayors
Wednesday, July 13th 12 ET/11 CT/10 MT/9 PT Abortion Access Briefing, exclusively for city leaders and their trusted staff Join us for an exclusive briefing and discussion for and amongst mayors, focused on city responses …
An Assault on Local Democracy
New findings show that, although political violence* against mayors is common, women mayors and mayors of color face more frequent and acute incidents of political violence.
Join us: May is for Mayor Safety
As a network of mayors, we hear firsthand of the political violence that local leaders face. In May, we are releasing new findings that show the rise in threats and harassment to US mayors and …
Highlights from the Winter Meeting
Above: Former Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong (Kankakee, IL) and Mayor Cassie Franklin (Everett, WA) After a two year hiatus, we were thrilled to host our 2022 Winter Meeting in person in Washington, DC. Mayors from around …