How 2020’s “Year of Reckoning” Shaped What Comes Next for Closing the Gaps
By Carmen Smith in Operationalize Racial Equity onIn 2020, Living Cities launched the “Closing the Gaps” Network, paired with a cohort of cities participating in a…
The Legacy of Wealth Inequities in the Brown and Flynn Families: A Hypothetical Exploration
By Jonique Lyles in Blog, Capital for the New Majority, Equitable Business Starts & Growth Ecosystems, Impact Investing, Uncategorized onThe first post in a two-part series explores the potential of capital to undo the historical legacy of inequities.Race…
Living Cities Selected to the ImpactAssets 50 for 11th Year in a Row
By Jeff Raderstrong in Blog, Equitable Business Starts & Growth Ecosystems, Impact Investing, Private Sector onLiving Cities’ Capital for the New Majority team is thrilled to announce that Living Cities and the Catalyst Family…
Founders First’s Innovative Financing Supports Entrepreneurs of Color
By Jeff Raderstrong in Blog, Equitable Business Starts & Growth Ecosystems, Impact Investing, Private Sector, Uncategorized onKim Folsom knows what it means to be a Black woman entrepreneur. Even after founding and running seven successful…
Pulse Checking Progress Toward Operationalizing REI: Shifting Systems Of Power
By Joanna Carrasco in Blog onIn 2017, we released an internal learning report titled “What Does it Take to Embed a Racial Equity &…
Pulse Checking Progress Toward Operationalizing REI: Transforming Organizations
By Joanna Carrasco in Blog onIn 2017, we released an internal learning report titled “What Does it Take to Embed a Racial Equity &…
Pulse Checking Progress Toward Operationalizing REI: Systems & Place
By Joanna Carrasco in Blog onIn 2017, we released an internal learning report titled “What Does it Take to Embed a Racial Equity &…
There is Only One Kevin Clayton…But We Need One in Every Company
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThis piece was developed with guidance and input from the Living Cities Narrative Change Working Group, a collective impact consortium…
Ben & Jerry’s Approach to Racial Equity: Reach for the Carrot, Don’t Just Avoid the Stick
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThis piece was developed with guidance and input from the Living Cities Narrative Change Working Group, a collective impact consortium…
Prudential Sees Racial Equity as a Moral, Economic and Business Imperative
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThis piece was developed with guidance and input from the Living Cities Narrative Change Working Group, a collective impact consortium…
Collective Organizing Toward Narrative Change: An Interactive Timeline
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onExplore the timeline at the end of this post!Over the past four years, we have lived through so many…
Building an Ecosystem of Support for Local Governments to Advance Racial Equity
By Joanna Carrasco in Blog onAs residents are demanding racial justice and city leaders increasingly recognize that racial equity is integral to all of…
Leveraging Relationships and Centering Racial Equity
By Carmen Smith in Blog onFrom local government officials to philanthropic stakeholders to Living Cities staff, this story is one in a series that…
