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  • Leveraging Entrepreneurship to Close Racial Wealth Gaps

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    The latest jobs report shows that our national recovery from the COVID pandemic and its economic impact will be…

  • #WealthInColor: Accessing Albuquerque’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

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    In the latest #WealthInColor infographic, Living Cities and its local partners offer a visual representation of what exists for…

  • Reimagining Our Realities through Storytelling

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    Racial equity work calls us to imagine new possibilities and different realities from our own because what we need…

  • Bringing Heart to Data: How to Measure the Unmeasurable

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    How can we connect team or project activities to larger organizational goals? And how can we be sure our…

  • A Public Sector Guide to Talking About Race

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    If the echos and chanting for equity haven’t rang clear in the last seven years since the Black Lives…

  • Building Stronger Relationships Between Governments and Nonprofits

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    After the tragic killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, protests have swept across…

  • Centering Healing and Humanity

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    Two years ago, we began to prioritize healing justice in our racial equity journey. The desire for this work…

  • Using Emergent Learning to Meet Challenges and Foster Racial Equity

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    We have been working to open source social change for about a decade now, and one framework continues to…

  • Ending White Supremacy Culture: A Resource for Naming What We Mean When We Say Community

    Living Cities has learned that to do racial equity work with authenticity, we have to embrace a new way…

  • Fortis Capital Partners with Living Cities and the City of Minneapolis to Double Down on Bridging Racial Gaps in Access to Capital

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    A new fund will increase access to affordable debt for small and growing businesses owned by Black and brown…

  • Lessons on Anti-Racist Organizing Across Government and Community

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    Living Cities works to create systemic change grounded in the understanding that systems and institutions are made up of…

  • Connecting Communications and Learning for Results

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    In this first post in a multi-part series, members of our Learning, Storytelling and Results team describe how uniting…

  • Telling Black Stories Inclusive of Joy

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    This year’s Juneteenth was one of the most anticipated and celebratory in recent history. For the first time, Juneeteenth…

  • Black Futures Matter: Bet on Black

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    The fourth industrial revolution is upon us, and it is characterized by the modern technology and internet-enabled business. Similar…

  • Zine-making as storytelling and healing

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    One practice that we try to include in our healing justice practice is to create physical healing spaces for…

  • Attacking the Gap: How Blackstar Stability is Investing in Black Homeownership

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    John Green, Managing Principal at Blackstar, shares his perspectives on the legacy of discriminatory practices that have systematically prevented…

  • Shifting Mindsets: Scarcity vs. Abundance

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    Shifting from scarcity to abundance mindset is the difference between assuming a fixed outcome and trusting that there are…

  • Breath & Body Work as Anti-Racism Practice

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    In reflecting on the power of breath work and body work as anti-racism practice, Living Cities staff member Lethy…

  • Standing in Solidarity and Committing to Action

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    “I am writing today to demand a faster pace of change. An accelerated pace is dependent on your leadership.We…

  • Centering Equity, Transforming Systems: A Profile on Joann Massey

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    As part of our series highlighting alumni of Living Cities’ cohorts, we spoke with Joann Massey, Director of Business…