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 >
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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: […]
Funders’ Network: Advancing Opportunity for all in Transportation, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, and Smart Growth
Posted on July 6, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
These best practice recommendations can be used by funders to prioritize opportunity-supportive transportation and smart growth strategies while meeting universal goals of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by transportation and land use. Read More >
Upworthy: Check out a human library, where you borrow people instead of books
Posted on July 1, 2016 in Education, From the Field 0
Check out a human library, where you borrow people instead of books.
Brookings: Diversity defines the millennial generation
Posted on June 28, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
Racial diversity will be the most defining and impactful characteristic of the millennial generation. Newly released 2015 Census data points to millennials’ role in transitioning America to the “majority minority” nation it is becoming. Read More >
The Gazette: Employers struggle with worker shortage
Posted on June 26, 2016 in Economic Development, From the Field 0
CEDAR RAPIDS — Four years ago, MSI Mold Builders in Cedar Rapids was struggling to find and train workers to operate its computerized vertical milling machines to make molds for plastic injection molders. Read More >
ICMA-New Report: Local Governments Play a Critical Role in Shaping Community Health
Posted on June 24, 2016 in From the Field, Health 0
ICMA’s new report “Improving Quality of Life: The Effect of Aligning Local Service Delivery and Public Health Goals” seeks to advance the conversation about viewing and managing general local government infrastructure, transportation systems, water and sanitation, land use and planning, and other services as part of broader efforts to contribute to a healthy environment and […]
Metropolitan Planning Council: The South Side with Natalie Moore
Posted on June 23, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
When WBEZ South Side Bureau Reporter Natalie Moore speaks of her childhood in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, she fondly describes tree-lined streets with pretty homes. She tells stories of black business owners who operated dental practices, grocery stores and dry cleaners. She also speaks of the “black tax.” Read More >
The Des Moines Register – Editorial: Iowa can’t afford to wait for mental health reform
Posted on June 23, 2016 in From the Field, Health 0
State policymakers and elected officials have long acknowledged that when it comes to mental health services, Iowa fails almost every conceivable test. Read More >