Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 6/21/2021

DMO Update

• DMO President Derek Green Statement on Juneteenth.

• US Treasury guidance for local spending of American Rescue Plan funds is now out. Learn more at NationalDMO.org/treasury.

• Six Things Local Elected Officials Can Do Today To Increase Vaccinations.

Quick Links

• How American Cities Celebrate Juneteenth

• Detroit city council pushes ahead with reparations initiative

• ‘It was exhaustion, it was sadness, it was fatigue’: America’s mayors call it quits

Ideas for Cities

• Community Ambassadors Are the Link to Toronto’s Unvaccinated Populations

• Smart, Proactive Land Management Crucial as Flooding Intensifies

• How Climate-Proofing Mass Transit Can Make Cities More Equitable

News for Democrats 

• The GOP’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ Obsession – As Democrats spent the week commemorating black history, Republicans have been hard at work attempting to erase it.

• Supreme Court Sides With Catholic Agency In LGBTQ Foster Care Case—But Avoids Major Religious Freedom Questions

• Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act, leaving it in place