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Counties are correcting government-driven injustices and strengthening their bonds with communities that have been historically marginalized.

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Mobile County, Ala. Commissioner Merceria Ludgood accepts the Public Leadership in the Arts Award July 13 from Jay Dick of Americans for the Arts and Dakota County, Minn. Commissioner Mary Hamann-Roland, who chairs the NACo Arts and Culture Commission, at the Tampa Museum of Art. Photo by Denny Henry
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Public Leadership in the Arts Award goes to Mobile County commissioner

Surrounded by her peers Saturday, July 13, Mobile County, Ala. Commissioner Merceria Ludgood received the Public Leadership in the Arts Award from Americans for the Arts at a reception held at the Tampa Museum of Art during the NACo Annual Conference.

Coconino County, Ariz. Supervisor Lena Fowler tells members of the Arts and Culture Commission about the benefits of cultural tourism. Photo by Leon Lawrence III
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County, Native Americans work together to create ‘cultural tourism’

Coconino County, Ariz. and the Navajo Nation have built a partnership together to create cultural tourism initiatives, both educating visitors on Native American history and traditions and benefiting the local economy. 

Youth in Manatee County, Fla. are paired with mentors. Each week, they share a meal and read wth together, through the county’s Dive into Reading initiative, which aims to combat “the summer slide.”
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County reading program prevents ‘summer slide'

Dive into Reading grew by seven times in its first six years, with the Manatee County, Fla. library system working with the school district to bus students to the reading sessions.