Leffler.

>> Thank you.

June.

During the three-day and csl summit, elected officials had a chance to talk directly with groups advocating for governmental changes in policies.

We talked with people from a few of those organizations and learn more about their mission and their purpose for attending and csl.

>> We believe that one state can learn from another.

And so by bringing people together across party lines across geography, they have the ability to say what's working in your state.

And as a result, we think we make stronger states across the nation.

So here is an organization that uses data to make a difference on key areas like global conservation, strengthening democracy, as well as improving civic life in the United States were here to provide insights on a range of topics from housing, affordability to improving broadband as well as improving.

How data is used in the public health system so that health outcomes can be enhanced throughout communities across communities throughout the United States.

So we have several unique characteristics that the council, state governments, one, is that we're a regionally focused organization.

So we have the Southern Legislative conference Midwest, East and West.

>> Where legislators are able to focus on issues of regional importance.

We find that that's a great way to connect people around common issues and purpose.

We also serve all 3 branches of government.

The actually believe that when judges, executive branch officials and legislators work together to solve problems, the actually can have a bigger impact, for example, in an issue like foster care, all 3 branches are involved in making that system the success.

But one branch trying to solve that problem.

Is it going to be as effective as all of them coming together?

We also multi-state solutions.

You may have heard of interstate compacts, but it's a way for states to come together and agree among themselves as to how to do something without the federal government need to intervene.

Well, states are where the action is at and from a public policy perspective, a lot of important work is getting done to protect public health, to strengthen economic advancement as well as group the strength of communities.

in 2004, about 100,000 bills were passed in about 10,000 actually became was.

And they're doing everything from improving access to broadband, improving access to health, as well as strengthening our education system.

We also find that there's a civility component that's so important in today's of hyper and very divisive culture in which fear and anger and hate tend to dominate the political discourse.

We believe that if human eyes elected officials and public servants we find is that they actually share much more in common.

Then they they don't often times social media dumbed-down the complexity of the problems we face.

We think by focusing on policy instead of politics, those complexities can be appreciated and we can have civil conflict as opposed to high conflict in which we just hate each other and don't really look for solutions.