Go Beyond the Vote

Holly L. Wolcott is the City Clerk and has worked for the City of Los Angeles for almost 33 years. She lead the effort to develop the City Clerk’s first Strategic 5-Year Plan, supervises the City’s Municipal, Special, and Neighborhood Council elections, serves as clerk for all City Council proceedings, provides administrative, fiscal and personnel services to the Mayor and City Council, manages the City’s Business Improvement District (BID) program, administers the Neighborhood Council finances and maintains the City’s records management services and official archives. In this podcast, she talks about: * Why its important to provide information access to its multi-lingual residents? * Challenges faced. * How city over comes these challenges. LinkedIn: Holly Wolcott, City Clerk | City of Los Angeles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-wolcott-09773757/

Cheryl Hughes is a civic architect and a thought leader in civic engagement. As a consultant, she works with local and national organizations to design and implement programs and initiatives that foster and measure engagement and impact. In this podcast she talks about: * What exactly is a “civic architect?” * What might people be surprised to learn about civic engagement at the local level? * How should local government officials think about the future of civic engagement? * How can people in local government ensure that marginalized voices are heard? How can they build trust in their communities? * What are your best pieces of advice for anyone looking to engage more in their local government and communities? You can connect with Cheryl at: * https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-hughes-consults/

Katherine K. Glass, a Hampton native, has been the Clerk of the Hampton City Council since 2005. During that time, she has worked to utilize technology (agenda management software, video-streaming, etc.) to expand citizen access to information, as well as to achieve greater efficiency and cost-savings.  Much of her work as Clerk has focused on ways to better involve citizens in serving Hampton through boards and commissions. In this podcast, she discusses: * Her back story * Clerk's day to day duties * What makes her successful at her role * How to get younger residents involved in local government, and * How to change resident's perception about local government

Kirsten Wyatt is the executive director and co-founder of ELGL, and a co-host of the GovLove podcast. She also serves as an elected school board member for the West Linn-Wilsonville School District. Previously, she served as Assistant City Manager of West Linn, Oregon. In this podcast, she talks about: * Getting younger generation involved in boards and commissions and government jobs. * Her journey for running and winning the seat for the school board. * How to promote change and organization that wants to do things differently? * How to get buy-in into your programs? * Omni-channel communication - What, how and the why? Contact her at: https://elgl.org/

Vote Mama Foundation [https://www.votemamafoundation.org/], a non-profit working toward gender equity by breaking down the structural and cultural barriers mothers face while running for office, has launched an aggressive campaign to enact the use of Campaign Funds for Childcare for state and local elections in all 50 states by 2023. Vote Mama Foundation founder and CEO Liuba Grechen Shirley was the first woman to receive federal approval to spend Campaign Funds for Childcare during her Congressional run in 2018. Eleven states have enacted legislation, and Vote Mama Foundation is partnering with 18 states in 2021. You will learn about: * Liuba's journey leading to the start of this campaign * Why this matters to communities across the nation * Challenges in getting it passed * How this helps first-time candidates * What comes next * How YOU can get involved