National Civic League

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The National Civic League is an organization founded in 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a meeting of politicians, policy-makers, journalists, and educators (including Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Brandeis, Marshall Field, and Frederick Law Olmsted) to discuss the future of American cities. Originally called the National Municipal League, NCL has promoted transparency and openness of local governments for more than 100 years. It also promotes professional management of local government through its best-selling publication for 85 years, The Model City Charter, 8th Edition.

In the last 25 years, NCL has worked intensively with communities (Community Services) to build their capacity to work together in a transformational and collaborative way -- to create a common vision and action steps to get there. NCL is helping communities to develop green/sustainable solutions, address racial equity, and increase immigrant integration strategies. For more than two decades, NCL has promoted civic engagement through its awards programs, community engagement and good government programs, and tools. Tools include The Civic Index created in the 1980s and republished in the second edition in the 1990s.

It is best known for its All-America City Award, given to ten communities annually. It also has a Community Services Program and MetLife Foundation Ambassadors In Education Awards. For 97 years, NCL has published a quarterly journal, National Civic Review, with civic engagement and good government articles by academics and practitioners.

NCL Vision: NCL envisions a country in which people engage in the process of self-governance and encourage cross-sector partnerships resulting in an active civic culture reflecting the diversity of community voices.

NCL Mission: NCL’s mission is to strengthen democracy by increasing the capacity of our nation’s people to fully participate in and build healthy and prosperous communities across America. We are the nation’s best at the science of local government, the art of public engagement, and the celebration of the progress that can be achieved when people work together.

NCL Core Values: 1 Empower people to participate and act, 2 Celebrate and embrace diversity and inclusiveness, 3 Support democratic processes that create high-performance governments, and 4 Nurture hope and contribute to success in communities

Presidents of the League[1] Name Term James C. Carter 1894 – 1903 Charles J. Bonaparte 1903 – 1910 William D. Foulke 1910 – 1915 Lawson Purdy 1915 – 1919 Charles E. Hughes 1919 – 1921 Henry M. Waite 1921 – 1923 Frank L. Polk 1923 – 1927 Richard S. Childs 1927 – 1931 Murray Seasongood 1931 – 1934 Harold W. Dodds 1934 – 1937 Clarence A. Dykstra 1937 – 1940 John G. Winant 1940 – 1946 Charles Edison 1946 – December, 1950 Henry Bruère January, 1951 – November, 1953 George H. Gallup December, 1953 – November, 1956 Cecil Morgan December, 1956 – December, 1959 William Collins January, 1960 – November, 1962 Alfred E. Driscoll December, 1962 – 1970 William W. Scranton 1970 – November, 1972 Wilson W. Wyatt December, 1972 – November, 1975 Carl H. Pforzheimer December, 1975 – November, 1978 Robert H. Rawson December, 1978 – November, 1981 James L. Hetland, Jr. December, 1981 – November, 1985 Terry Sanford December, 1985 – November, 1986 John Parr December, 1986 – 1995 Christopher T. Gates 1995 – June 14, 2006 Derek Okubo (interim) June 15, 2006 – December 31, 2006 Gloria Rubio-Cortés January 2007 – present

Chairs of the Board Name Term Terrell Blodgett January 1, 1987 – October 31, 1987 William F. Winter November 1, 1987 – 1988 Henry G. Cisneros 1989 – 1991 George Latimer 1992 William F. Winter 1993 John W. Gardner 1994 – 1996 Anna F. Jones (acting) 1996 William W. Bradley 1997 – 1998 R. Scott Fosler 1999 – 2000 Dorothy S. Ridings 2001 – 2004 Robert Rawson, Jr. 2004 – 2007 Elizabeth Hollander 2007 – 2008 Sandra W. Freedman November, 2008 – present

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• National Civic League Home Page