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.
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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 …
Food Equity Advisors in Salt Lake City
Mayor Mendenhall and seven of the inaugural Salt Lake City Resident Food Equity Advisors, with the project consultant. The Mayors Innovation Project, in partnership with Healthy Babies Bright Futures, provided grants to cities across the country …
Equity in Leadership: The 2021 New Mayors Cohort
Mayors are on the front lines of our community’s most daunting challenges. In the last two years alone, mayors have been managing multiple crises in their cities — the COVID pandemic, racial justice uprisings, climate …
Ensuring Local Reproductive Freedom
Friday, December 3 10:30am PT/11:30am MT/12:30pm CT/1:30pm ET A Mayors-exclusive Event Register Now Cities play a crucial role in ensuring that people can control their reproductive and sexual lives, choose whether and when to become …
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 Register Now We all watched the upsetting footage out of Afghanistan in August as refugees fled …
Mayors Innovative Design Cohort Kicks Off
The Mayors Innovative Design Cohort—a partnership with The American Institute of Architects—kicked off last month with a packed virtual room of architects, mayors and 20+ city staff from Eastpointe, MI, Clarksville, TN, and Blacksburg, VA. …
Lessons & Opportunities for Local Leaders in New York
NYS Affordability Academy Launches Next Week! Maintaining affordable, safe, and reliable water systems is one way mayors can address disparities in their community. But what does your city have control over, and where do you …
Water Affordability Successes Nationwide
Thanks to our partnership with The Water Center at Penn via our Water Affordability Program, we’ve been honored to work with utility and city leaders across the country, helping them reduce operational inefficiencies and keep …