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The National Conference of Black Mayors holds its a national convention every year in order to provide annual training to its member mayors. This year’s annual convention, “Able Leaders, Stable Cities: Resolving Our Communities’ Challenges,” will focus on models of best practices that can provide a clear blueprint to resolving the intersection of challenges facing mayors on the ground.

The NCBM 36th Annual Convention will be hosted by the Honorable Mark Mallory and the City of Cincinnati on May 12-16, 2010.  The convention host hotel is the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, located in the epicenter of the city’s downtown. 
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One week after the 7.0 earthquake brought the capital city of Haiti to rubble, the Caribbean island is still enduring daily aftershocks throughout the country.  The intensity of the quake has shattered the already embattled infrastructure of not only Port-au-Prince, but also Grand Goave, Petionville, Delmas, Croix des Bouquets, Leogane, Carrefour and Cite Soleil, among [...]

A Haitian boy receives treatment at an ad hoc medical clinic at MINUSTAH's logistics base in Port au Prince, Haiti January 12. (UN Photo/Logan Abassi)
The National Conference of Black Mayors, in conjunction with the World Conference of Mayors and the National Leadership Conference of Haitian Mayors, has mobilized its global network to coordinate relief efforts [...]

Join the National Conference of Black Mayors for its 36th Annual Convention, “Able Leaders, Stable Cities: Resolving Our Communities’ Challenges” in Cincinnati, Ohio May 12-16, 2010
 
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