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Cities Speak: Three Ways Your City Can Prosper by Embracing Equity
Posted on August 25, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
This is a guest post by Sarah Treuhaft. This post is the third installment in a series focused on NLC’s 2015 Cities and Unequal Recovery report, which highlights the findings of our 2015 Local Economic Conditions survey. Read More >
Policy Link: Community Artists Envision a Thriving Baltimore without Displacement
Posted on August 18, 2016 in Arts and Culture, From the Field 0
Robust, democratically controlled community-based organizations have the capacity to drive development locally,” said Greg Sawtell, a leadership organizer at Baltimore’s United Workers. The human rights organization is gearing up for a month-long exhibition of the community’s multiple visions for local development, opening in September. The Development Without Displacement art show will highlight works focusing on […]
Policy Link: Equitable Innovation Economies: Cultivating Diverse Leadership and an Inclusive Start-Up Culture in Portland, Oregon
Posted on August 18, 2016 in Economic Development, From the Field 0
The Equitable Innovation Economies initiative is a multiyear effort led by the Pratt Center for Community Development in partnership with PolicyLink and the Urban Manufacturing Alliance to help cities pursue inclusive growth strategies to advance more equitable outcomes in their innovation and manufacturing sectors. Portland, Oregon, profiled below, is one of the four cities involved […]
Ford Foundation: #InequalityIs
Posted on August 5, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
A conversation about inequality in all its forms. Tell us what inequality means to you, using #InequalityIs. Read More >
Policy Link: Growing Good Jobs: How Urban Gardening Can Drive Workforce Development
Posted on August 4, 2016 in Economic Development, From the Field 0
Groundwork Denver is one of a handful of organizations nationwide that are using urban agriculture as a vehicle for economic opportunity in disinvested communities. In struggling neighborhoods where high unemployment, food deserts, and a dearth of green space so often go hand in hand, these organizations are braiding together strategic interventions to foster healthier, more […]
Center for Equity in Learning: Equity and Opportunity
Posted on July 28, 2016 in Education, From the Field 0
According a recent report from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, only 33 percent of high schools with high black and Latino student enrollment offer calculus. The comparable figure for high schools with low black and Latino enrollment is 56 percent. Read More >
Iowa Public Radio: Teaching About Civil Rights: We Need to Talk About the Movement Like Its Still Happening
Posted on July 25, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
Civil rights education tends to focus on the past, but if recent events have taught us anything, it’s that the work of the civil rights movement isn’t finished. Read More >
Next City: $65 Million Reasons to Stop Roadblocking City-Driven Job Creation
Posted on July 20, 2016 in Economic Development, From the Field 0
In all three cases, racially diverse cities struggling with high rates of poverty and unemployment sought to stimulate the local economy with provisions that focused on creating job opportunities for disadvantaged residents. Read More >
NPR: In Paris, Where Food Is King, Refugee Chefs Show What They Have To Offer
Posted on July 10, 2016 in From the Field, Health 0
The two have teamed up as part of Refugees Food Festival, a weeklong event in June that brought together French and refugee chefs in a dozen or so of the city’s restaurants for an exchange of gastronomy and culture. It is an effort to encourage diners to consider Europe’s refugee crisis from a new perspective: […]