In partnership the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Public Service Leadership Diversity leaders in the national and regional networks will meet in Atlanta in mid-June to share research, design and implement strategies for network growth, and hear from legendary civil rights leaders, including Ambassador Andrew Young; current civil rights leaders, including Former Mayor Shirley Franklin; and the Federal Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (OPM), Veronica Villalobos.   

National Urban Fellows will announce the Public Service Leadership Diversity Initiative and release its study, produced in conjunction with the NYU Research Center for Leadership in Action, making the case for more diversity in public service leadership. Please join us at 8 a.m. at the NYU Kimmel Center at 60 Washington Square S. (See here for directions.) The event will include a light breakfast and continue until 10:30 a.m. For more details, contact Mohammad Levesque-Alam, NUF's Diversity Network Coordinator, at mlalam@nuf.

The Public Service Leadership Diversity Initiative was prompted by the findings of National Urban Fellows leadership diversity research study, Changing the Face of Public Service Leadership, and government statistics indicating both the impending population shift and the numbers of leadership vacancies resulting from retiring baby-boomers in the public sector.  As the 40th Anniversary year draws to a close, thePublic Service Leadership Diversity Initiative (PSLDI) continues to gain momentum.  To date National Urban Fellows has