Call for Board Nominations
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Fill out our nomination form below.
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Nominate Yourself or a Peer for an NCAC Award
Each year NCAC accepts nominations for our two signature awards, the National Capital Area Chapter Award for Outstanding Public Service and the Frances Kelsey Award.
Social Justice Event
Join us in listening to author and NCAC member, Bonnie Stabile, discuss her latest book –
Women, Power, and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation – by Bonnie Stablie and Aubrey Leigh Grant
To register go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ncac-social-justice-event-women-power-and-rape-culture-tickets-428744415087
Drinks and Conversations
This is an opportunity for the DC area public administration community to get together to discuss anything on your mind such as congressional elections, balancing work and life, the opportunities and challenges of creating diverse and inclusive programs, or anything else that you want to chat about. You might even want to share how NCAC can help you. Come unwind with us!
Wednesday, October 19, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Please register for Drinks and Conversation at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-2022-drinks-and-conversations-tickets-428731315907
A zoom link to join the meeting will only be provided to those who register.
Nominations Due for an NCAC Award
Each year NCAC accepts nominations for our two signature awards, the National Capital Area Chapter Award for Outstanding Public Service and the Frances Kelsey Award.
ASPA Annual Conference
ASPA’s Annual Conference provides a yearly opportunity to bring together public administrators from across the discipline.
Theme: “Democracy under Threat: The Future of Equality in a Post-COVID World”
The conference website will be posted in the coming weeks and will provide more details.
Book Discussion of “The Sum of Us”
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Us and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
Discussion led by: Keisha Gill
NCAC Board Member Sits on Panel entitled “Permission to Practice: Public Service Boundary Spanning”at NECoPA
One of our NCAC Board Members, Connie Berhane, recently sat on a panel at the Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA) annual conference, “Permission to Practice: Public Service Boundary Spanning.” She presented on her contributions to a 2021 ebook project by the same name, which involved the collaborative production of original written content and video roleplays by nine practitioners and pracademics in Colorado, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and the Washington, DC Metro Area.
Connie developed a script for the roleplay of an information interview she conducted the year before, turning it into a teaching tool. She also was the subject of a recorded interview in which she explained how she used boundary spanning to uncover new avenues for career growth. Her main takeaway for attendees was not to be afraid to reach out to a person or organization to seek information or request information interviews. Check out the ebook and NECoPA session!
Ebook and videos: https://
NECoPA session: https://youtu.be/
This video begins with a casual chat before the session starts.
By NCAC Board Member Connie Berhane
NCAC December Program Focused on Community Engagement and Climate Change
We hosted a wonderful program on practices and tools for community engagement and how to use community engagement to advance conversations on climate change on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
The program titled, “What is Community Engagement and How Can It Be A Useful Tool for Seeking Solutions and Actions to Climate Change,” featured presentations by Dr. Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Founding Executive Director, The National Institute for Civil Discourse and Founder and Former President, America Speaks, Carrie Beach, Division Chief, Neighborhood Planning and Community Development, Office of Planning and Zoning, City of Alexandria, VA and Ellen Eggerton, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Alexandria, VA.
Dr. Lukensmeyer provided an overview of the National Academy of Public Administration’s study, Engaging Americans &; Increasing Public Trust: An Agenda for 2021 and Beyond as well as specific community engagement tools and practices used in several communities including climate change planning and discussions. Ms. Beach provided an overview of the development and use of the City of Alexandria, Virginia’s community engagement program, What’s Next Alexandria, and its use for some recent development projects.
Ms. Eggerton provided an overview of the City of Alexandria’s process, including methods to engage community members, to update date the City’s Energy and Climate Change Action Plan, 2012-2020 .
If you missed the event, or if you participated in the event and would like to see it again, please check out the recording below.
By NCAC Board Vice President Allen Lomax
Community Engagement as a Useful Tool for Seeking Solutions and Actions
What Is Community Engagement and How Can it be a Useful Tool for Seeking Solutions and Actions to Climate Change?
The program will focus on key aspects and practices of community engagement and then delve into how they can be applied for seeking solutions and actions to climate change.
The event’s speakers will provide an overview of the National Academy of Public Administration’s study, “Engaging Americans & Increasing Public Trust: An Agenda for 2021 and Beyond” and the City of Alexandria, Virginia’s community engagement program, What’s Next Alexandria. They will then discuss how community engagement practices and lessons learned can be used to engage people in seeking solutions and actions to climate change. The discussion will include how these practices and lessons learned can especially engage people whose thoughts and needs are often marginalized on topics that have a direct effect on them.
Presenters:
Dr. Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Founding Executive Director, The National Institute for Civil Discourse and Founder and Former President, America Speaks
Carrie Beach, Division Chief, Neighborhood Planning and Community Development, Office of Planning and Zoning, City of Alexandria, VA
Ellen Eggerton, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Alexandria, VA
Register to attend by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 15th to receive the Zoom link at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-engagement-as-a-useful-tool-for-seeking-solutions-and-actions-tickets-211473863017