Community Engagement
Community Engagement is essential for local and state government agencies aiming to build trust, encourage public participation, and ensure that policies reflect residents’ needs and concerns. Governments can foster stronger connections with their communities through outreach programs, public forums, and collaborative decision-making. This directory offers articles on community engagement and related topics like Community Development, which focuses on improving the overall well-being and sustainability of communities through targeted initiatives.
The growing recognition and celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day represents the fruits of a decades-long effort to recognize the role of indigenous people in the nation’s history
A report found that most of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote, but many of them are unable to
The goal is to both unite the community and lessen the police oversight group’s workload
Kris Kobach said 127 non-citizens voted in Kansas since 2013 while 35,000 were unable to register to vote while the show-me-your-papers law was in effect.
Community leaders can get ahead of disasters by preparing citizens to get their families and homes ready for emergencies. Most Americans aren’t prep-minded.
Mayors at border ask federal government to reunite families. HHS indicates it is waiting on guidance.
The free licenses access the evidence-based mobile learning app -- Xenos -- that rapidly increases adult learners’ skills for career pathways and civic engagement.
Howard Langsam of Granicus advises how municipalities can delight modern citizens, delivering on digital experience expectations in four steps.
Several vendors offering city solutions were on hand at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 86th Annual Meeting in Boston held June 8-11, 2018.
Young voters trust local governments the most, so youth gun violence advocates and others encouraged mayors to increase youth engagement.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors will convene for their 86th annual meeting in Boston to discuss infrastructure, cybersecurity, school safety, immigration, jobs, affordable housing and automation.
Small and large cities, rural and metro, can take the fiber journey and become gigabit cities.
A letter from 63 senators to the FCC chair urges funding rural broadband access investments as soon as possible.
Memorial Day was first celebrated in Waterloo, New York, after the Civil War ended.
The Institute for Local Self Reliance explores the successes and addresses the failures of muniband, or publicly owned networks.
According to ACLU, FCC rules do not prevent a city, county or town from providing network neutrality and Internet privacy policies through municipal broadband services.
The Senate’s net neutrality repeal vote cannot overcome a presidential veto and there is much opposition in the House of Representatives to overturning FCC’s decision to do away with its 2015 rule.
Town hall meetings are a mixed bag. Try these strategies to make your town hall meeting more productive, and the ideas and talking points generated shareable with those that cannot attend.
There’s sound social media management reasons for public agencies to disable their Facebook reviews feature, according to marketing communications specialist, Jon Barilone.
