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Barack Obama in a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in the East Room of the White House, January 21, 2010. The organization serves the following functions: Help develop and promote effective national urban/suburban policy; build stronger and more effective federal-city relationships; monitor the effectiveness of federal policy in terms of its service to urban needs; help mayors develop ...
The National League of Cities University is a professional development center for elected officials (mayors and city council members) and municipal staff, with trainings and courses designed to enhance local leaders and staff’s ability to govern, work across sectors, manage systems change, and achieve equitable outcomes.
Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, or Climate Mayors, is an association of United States mayors with the stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Founded by Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, former Houston mayor Annise Parker, and former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, the group represents 435 cities and nearly 20% of the U.S. population.
The National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM) was incorporated in 1974 and was originally organized as the Southern Conference of Black Mayors (SCBM) forty years ago.The thirteen mayors who founded the group were elected after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and held its first meeting in Santee, South Carolina.
The National Conference of Democratic Mayors is the representative body of city mayors in the United States affiliated to the Democratic Party, in the same way that the Democratic Governors Association represents state governors within the party.
In some states, mayors are officially elected on a nonpartisan basis; however, their party affiliation or preference is generally known, and where it is known it is shown in the list below. The breakdown of mayoral political parties is 38 Democrats, 9 Republicans, and 3 Independents (two elected with state Democratic support).
In the 2020 elections, DSA members Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush were elected to the House [4] and at least thirty-six DSA members won office, earning more than 3.1 million votes. [5] Both national DSA and local DSA chapters can endorse candidates. DSA has no membership requirements, so anyone can join DSA. [6]
The Big Seven is a group of non-partisan, non-profit organizations whose members include United States state and local government officials: Council of State Governments; International City/County Management Association; National Association of Counties; National Conference of State Legislatures; National Governors Association; National League ...