{"id":7835,"date":"2021-02-22T17:15:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:15:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:15:49","slug":"engaging-the-public-to-create-an-equitable-budget-webinar-by-national-civic-league-available-for-viewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2021\/02\/22\/engaging-the-public-to-create-an-equitable-budget-webinar-by-national-civic-league-available-for-viewing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Engaging the Public to Create an Equitable Budget&#8217; Webinar by National Civic League Available for Viewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 75rem + 2.5rem );margin-left: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.25rem;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.25rem;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.25rem;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.25rem;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/NCL-webinar2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-7836\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27231%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20231%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27231%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/NCL-webinar2-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>The Michigan Municipal League recently attended a webinar by the National Civic League. \u00a0As part of our commitment to lifting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategies we are sharing this resource as something to consider while working on your community budgets.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalcivicleague.org\/\">National Civic League<\/a>\u2019s webinar was called <em>Engaging the Public to Create an Equitable Budget, <\/em>and it featured Shayne Kavanagh, Senior Manager of Research, GFOA; 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