Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 4/12/2021

DMO Update

• DMO has renewed our support for the RECYCLE and RECOVER acts. You can call for greater funding and education around recycling by sending this sample letter to your federal representatives.

• How DMOs can Celebrate the American Rescue Plan. Publish an op-ed in your local paper informing constituents on how Democrats have helped them.

• Need to speak with the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs? Email Nils.Robbins@NationalDMO.org for a connection.

Quick Links

• How St. Louis’s First Black Woman Mayor Will Lead With a Racial Equity Lens

• Statement from Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

• Increasing Numbers of U.S. Residents in High-Risk Wildfire and Flood Zones

Ideas for Cities

• How Two Local Governments Got Covid Vaccination Registrations Right

• How This Texas City Ended Veteran and Chronic Homelessness

• Seattle City Council passes right to a free lawyer for those facing eviction

American Jobs Plan

• New Funding for Cities: The American Rescue Plan and Other Federal Funding Opportunities to Combat Gun Violence

• The American Jobs Plan Advances Racial Equity

• The American Jobs Plan Supports Rural America

News for Democrats 

• The States Following Georgia’s Lead on Voter Suppression

• Biden to announce withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11

• Inside a stealth ‘persuasion machine’ promising Republican victories in 2022