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Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

National Civic ReviewVolume 107, Issue 2 p. 59-60 Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors First published: 06 August 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.21337AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume107, Issue2May 2018Pages 59-60 RelatedInformation

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

An Interview with Gary, Indiana, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson

National Civic ReviewVolume 106, Issue 1 p. 57-59 Essays An Interview with Gary, Indiana, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson First published: 11 April 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.21310 Editor's Note: This interview is part of the National Civic Review's expanded focus in 2017 and 2018 on community efforts to promote racial equity and healing. National Civic League is a key partner in supporting W.K. Kellogg Foundation Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation program. In 2018, the league's All-America City Award will cast a spotlight on communities with inclusive engagement practices that promote equity and bring all voices to the table to help solve our country's most pressing and complex issues. With this spotlight NCL hopes to learn more about the inclusive decision-making processes that communities use to solve complex problems and move toward more equitable communities. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume106, Issue1Spring 2017Pages 57-59 RelatedInformation

Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

A Brief Interview with National Civic League President Doug Linkhart

A Brief Interview with National Civic League President Doug Linkhart

Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information-About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

Issue Information‐About National Civic League, Officers and Directors, Council of Advisors

What Makes an All‐America City?

The All-America City Award program of the National Civic League (NCL) began in 1949 after a journalist approached the National Municipal League about an idea to name the top ten best-governed cities in America. Recognizing the difficulty of making such a judgment and understanding the vital role of civic engagement in community success, NCL leaders decided to initiate an award program to recognize communities for civic achievement. Since the program’s inception, NCL has continued to learn from the field about what makes a city successful, and the criteria to be named an All-America City have evolved accordingly. The four measures now include civic engagement and collaboration, innovation, inclusiveness and diversity, and impact. These criteria often can seem elusive and difficult to demonstrate. Projects of the 2014 All-America City finalists and winners give tangible examples of these criteria and how they can create lasting outcomes, especially when used together.

Role of the National Civic League in Healthy Communities

National Civic ReviewVolume 102, Issue 4 p. 14-16 Essay Role of the National Civic League in Healthy Communities Gloria Rubio-Cortés, Gloria Rubio-CortésSearch for more papers by this authorMichael McGrath, Michael McGrathSearch for more papers by this author Gloria Rubio-Cortés, Gloria Rubio-CortésSearch for more papers by this authorMichael McGrath, Michael McGrathSearch for more papers by this author First published: 29 January 2014 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.21144Citations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume102, Issue4Special Issue: Twenty‐Five Years of Healthy Communities: Part 1Winter 2013Pages 14-16 RelatedInformation

Springfield, Massachusetts: Reading Success by Fourth Grade

National Civic ReviewVolume 102, Issue 2 p. 23-35 Essay Springfield, Massachusetts: Reading Success by Fourth Grade† Sally Fuller, Sally FullerSearch for more papers by this authorKathleen Traphagen, Kathleen TraphagenSearch for more papers by this author Sally Fuller, Sally FullerSearch for more papers by this authorKathleen Traphagen, Kathleen TraphagenSearch for more papers by this author First published: 23 July 2013 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.21120Citations: 1 † This article was adapted from Springfield's community solutions action plan submitted to the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and the National Civic League as part of the selection process for the All-America City Awards last year. Springfield was one of fourteen communities named All-America Cities in July of 2012. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume102, Issue2Summer 2013Pages 23-35 RelatedInformation

National Civic League inclusivity and diversity survey findings, 2011: Charter and municipal code language of Colorado cities

National Civic League inclusivity and diversity survey findings, 2011: Charter and municipal code language of Colorado cities

Problem solving and innovation: The 2010 All-America City and finalist projects

National Civic ReviewVolume 99, Issue 4 p. 5-25 Essay Problem solving and innovation: The 2010 All-America City and finalist projects† Kristin Seavey, Kristin Seavey All-America City Awards, National Civic LeagueSearch for more papers by this authorGloria Rubio-Cortés, Gloria Rubio-Cortés National Civic League & National Civic ReviewSearch for more papers by this author Kristin Seavey, Kristin Seavey All-America City Awards, National Civic LeagueSearch for more papers by this authorGloria Rubio-Cortés, Gloria Rubio-Cortés National Civic League & National Civic ReviewSearch for more papers by this author First published: 25 January 2011 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.20033 † Note: The program summaries were taken from the applications submitted by the 2010 All-America Cities and finalists. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume99, Issue4Winter 2010Pages 5-25 RelatedInformation

Local governments and the economics of community sustainability

The late John W. Gardner, who chaired the National Civic League (NCL) board of directors during the early 1990s, often said that the key in community change was finding ways to awaken and unleash the human potential within its residents. Indeed, our own experience with the All-America City Award and our Community Services department at NCL has demonstrated that citizens across sectors— government, business, nonprofits, and communityat-large—are capable of achieving what might previously have been perceived as impossible. Communities achieving remarkable results were effective because of the skilled ways in which people worked together to address highly complex issues.

Déjà Vu all over again: Charter reform fails in St. Louis

Editor's note: There is a lively ongoing debate in this country over the forms of organization and the distribution of powers within local government, especially when it comes to the critical question of mayoral leadership. The following essay is an account of a failed attempt to change St. Louis's city charter. Because the National Civic League's Community Services program played a role in facilitating the discussion leading up to the proposal of charter amendments, we would like to emphasize that as with most essays and reports published in this journal, the analysis and conclusions herein represent the perspectives of the authors, or in some cases the participants they interviewed, and not necessarily those of National Civic League staff. We hope this essay will stimulate further discussion and debate on these critical issues of concern.