Battle Creek Community Foundation Makes Training Possible for Women Leaders Thanks to support from the Battle Creek Community Foundation, three Battle Creek women are partaking in the 2019 Women’s Municipal Leadership Program. The 16/50 Project’s five-month development opportunity empowers leaders to make bold moves toward the local government top spot with access to critical topic…
Accelerating Equity Women’s Municipal Leadership Program Empowers Five Success Stories Transformative, bold action–that’s how the 16/50 Project is bringing gender equity to local government chief administrative offices. Women make up over 50 percent of Michigan’s population, but represent just 16 percent of Michigan’s municipal chief administrative officers. In 2018, the League unveiled our 16/50 Project…
Training helps remove barriers for Grand Ledge woman There was a time when Amee King was surrounded only by male leaders. Sure, there were professional women, but they tended to be in supportive roles. Today, King sees more diversity in the workplace and is taking advantage of training opportunities like the Michigan Municipal League’s 16/50 Project so…
16/50 Project in Full Swing Women have made great strides in the workplace over the past few generations, but one thing remains the same: those serving at the very top of our municipalities are overwhelmingly male. According to the International City/County Management Association, the number of women serving as city/local government managers has barely moved…
Developing Diversity in the Workplace: What Elected Officials Can Do Beatrice Arthur in the CBS TV show, Maude. I’ve been watching old reruns of the 1970s sitcom, Maude, and I’m fascinated by the clear gender inequality during that era and Maude’s continued fight against it. Most recently, for research purposes of course, I watched the…
Illuminating the Gender Balance Challenge: An Interview with Pam Antil, President of the League of Women in Government While women fill over 50% of state and local government positions, just 16% of Michigan municipal managers are women. Recently, the Michigan Municipal League’s Emily Kieliszewski sat down with Pam Antil, President of the League of Women…