NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

You may have heard the saying, "If serving is below you, leadership is beyond you." But you may be less familiar with the concept of servant leadership. Join legislative staff as they discuss what servant leaders do and explain how they can use self-care to increase their capacity to lead and support others in these tumultuous times. Speakers: Sabrina Lewellen, Arkansas Senate, Jennifer Jones, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, Jill Reinmuth, Washington House Office of Program Research, and Raúl E. Burciaga, New Mexico Legislative Council.

The pandemic-induced recession resulted in a tremendous influx of federal stimulus funds. Learn where this is money going and how states can ensure it is spent responsibly. Speakers include Josh Goodman, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Christi Hawley Anthony, the Congressional Budget Office, and Mark Goldwein, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Learn as legislators and experts pitch three different election reform ideas: reining in citizen initiatives, ranked choice voting and open primaries. Consider any or all of these options, depending on whether you think adopting each legislator's proposed reform is good for American democracy. Speakers include John Opdycke, Open Primaries, Delegate Sally Hudson (D-Virginia), and Speaker Scott Bedke (R-Idaho).