Can’t attend in person? Join us live for The Future of Cities: Arup & C40, a lecture on climate change, resiliency, and the future of cities today at 4:30pm. Our featured speakers are David Miller from the C40 and Tom Bridges from Arup. David Miller is the North American Director of the C40 Climate Leadership Group and the […]
On September 17, 2018, the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, released Mayoral Views on Racism and Discrimination. This new report, which draws on data from the 2017 Menino Survey of Mayors, explores how mayors of medium-sized and large cities understand race, discrimination […]
The Initiative on Cities is proud to release Leading the American City, a five-part video history of American mayoral leadership, governance, and power. The series features personal interviews with eight transformative mayors, who reflect on their time in office and offer insight into the job of mayor. The featured mayors include: Karl Dean, Mayor of Nashville, TN, […]