Preview of Episode 35
A preview of Episode 35.
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Transcript
A preview of the next municipal equation. Over 50% of state and local government employees are women. Women make up over 50% of the master's in public administration degrees that are granted each year. And so it just doesn't make sense that there are not the same number of women that are also vying for these positions and getting these positions. And we have to recognize these supreme moments. They don't always come. And when they do, we have to be ready to take action. The effort to get more women in government leadership positions of really any kind, elected office, administration, police, public works. We're gonna look at the data and talk with the experts about what's up with the status quo in 2017
and what needs to happen. That's coming up on the October 10 episode, Municipal Equation. It's a biweekly podcast from the North Carolina League Of Municipalities. All past episodes, including the most recent one about breweries and economic development, are at soundcloud.com/municipalequation, or on iTunes, Google Play, Chorus, Stitcher, Overcast, TuneIn, whatever you prefer. Tiny bit of catch up from episode 32 about teaching coding to kids from rough neighborhoods. You'll recall that I asked about the effort to get more girls involved with that. That particular coding camp was only attended by boys. There was one girl who wanted to do it, but didn't want to be the only girl in the class, so she pulled away from it. Well, just recently I caught up with Ronald Robinson from the Give Back organization. You heard him on that episode. He was one of the founders of the coding camp. And he said they're planning new camps that aren't just focused on coding and video games, but on other technical skills that might diversify, not only the kind of kids who want to be involved, but their career prospects as well. I'm probably gonna repeat this on the October 10 episode because it'll be relevant. I think these efforts going into programs like this are fantastic, and I can't wait to see what's coming up. Hopefully, do another episode with Ronnell. Meantime, please reach out if you have any thoughts about anything here on the podcast. My email is bbrown@nclm.org. My Twitter handle is at muni equation. That's @muniequation. You can also follow on Instagram. Leave us a friendly review on iTunes. I'd love that. I'd love to read it on the podcast too. If there's anything specific you've liked from any particular episode, a quick review would be the best way to let us know. And thanks again. We'll see you October 10. This is Ben Brown.
