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. …
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How America’s female mayors lead in the face of adversity
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 …
Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong Speaks to the Lightning Strike Talk Radio Show
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 …
Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment
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.
Rochester’s Norton joins U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in DC
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 …
Member City Spotlight: Lincoln, NE
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 …
Promoting Community Civility to Reduce Local Political Violence
“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 …
Member City Spotlight: Everett, WA
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, …
Who Runs the World? Women Mayors.
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.
Grant award to help brighten future for Meadville youths
Kinder initiated local interest in the grant after learning of it at the Mayors Innovation Project summer meeting in Scranton, where she was a panelist for a discussion of rental housing and tenant protections. After meeting Kyra Naumoff Shields, director of the grant program, there, Kinder worked with Roberson when she returned to Meadville to pursue the grant.