The Importance of Cities for Human Connection
Having served as a mayor of Augusta for nine years I’ve become fascinated by cities in their ability to simply be a connection point for…
Author: Deke Copenhaver
Confessions of a former mayor: A successful model of how governing to the majority can work.
In 2005, the first year I ran for mayor of the city of Augusta, Georgia, I attended a church leadership retreat. During the retreat the…
True Confessions of a former mayor: Why local government engagement with millenials matters to…
During my time in office I was very blessed to have a strong connection to the younger generation of citizens here in Augusta and I…
True Confessions of a former mayor: How the Godfather of Soul lent his coolness, love and funk to…
In my first year in office I met Mr. James Brown the Godfather of Soul on April 18, 2006 when he served as the honorary starter for the…
True Confessions of a former mayor: How to win elections by doing things differently and never…
I’ll never forget when I told my campaign consultant back in 2005 that I never intended to go negative and that I didn’t want my campaign…
True confessions of a former mayor: How Rock & Roll, Harnessing the Punk Rock Ethos and my…
I grew up a huge fan of music with rock, punk and funk three of my favorite genres. I also grew up a huge fan of Johnny Cash, as a country…
True Confessions of a former mayor: Why we could use more artists, athletes and architects as…
Growing up I was very fortunate to have taken art lessons for years. I’ll never forget how much I looked forward to heading to Mrs…
True Confessions of a former mayor: What I learned about the power of collaboration from the “Pearl…
Having grown up a huge music fan I’ve always been fascinated by what contributes to a music scene happening in any given city.
True Confessions of a former mayor: What I’ve learned about race relations.
When I first ran for mayor and for nine years in office one of my primary focuses was to heal the racial divide here in Augusta, GA.
“Collaborative Leadership: Why knowing what you don’t know is way more important than knowing what…” in Navigating Organizational Change
In serving in office for nine years as mayor of Augusta, GA, I witnessed firsthand a tendency of people getting elected then somehow being…