An Inside Organizer: Brian Smith
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onAt Living Cities, we’ve been interrogating what it means to organize for racial equity and how we and others…
Centering Equity, Transforming Systems: A Profile on Ashleigh Gardere
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onAs part of our series highlighting alumni of Living Cities’ cohorts, we spoke with Ashleigh Gardere, who recently completed…
Covid-19, Difficult Truths and the Urgency of Closing Racial Gaps
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThe health crisis we’re experiencing is new and acute, but the crises of racial and economic justice that the…
Centering Equity, Transforming Systems: A Profile on Daro Mott
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onAs part of our series highlighting alumni of Living Cities’ cohorts, we spoke with Daro Mott, who currently serves…
Centering Equity, Transforming Systems: A Profile on Dr. Lomax R. Campbell
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onAs part of our series highlighting alumni of Living Cities’ programs, we spoke with Dr. Lomax R. Campbell, who…
How 18 of the Largest Foundations and Financial Institutions Are Responding to COVID-19
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onNo one in this country–and few around the world–remain untouched by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like others,…
Racially Equitable COVID19 Rapid Response from a Front-Line Public Servant
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onWhile the realities and impacts of COVID19 continue to unfold, I reflect on past moments in my life that…
Practicing Trust and Vulnerability in Partnership: What We’ve Learned from Race Forward
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onLiving Cities is laying the foundations for a new network, Closing the Gaps Network, which will engage city governments…
Ideas and Resources for How Cities Can Attack the COVID-19 Crisis
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onIn Kansas City, MO: “People are coming into our office to start businesses because they don’t believe the companies…
An Invitation to Center Race in Government Responses to COVID-19
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onWe are asking how to best move the long-term work of closing racial gaps in income and wealth through…
Turning the Mirror Onto Ourselves
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onPart of what we’ve learned from looking at the evolution of work in our Integration Initiative cities is that…
Doing the Right Things Right
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onLiving Cities’ new Theory of Change represents our unique position on how to close racial gaps across the country.My…
Living Cities’ Catalyst Impact Funds Named to ImpactAssets 50 for Ninth Consecutive Year
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onFor the ninth year in a row, Living Cities’ Catalyst Funds have been selected for the ImpactAssets 50, an…
Is Philanthropy Aligned on the Root Causes of Inequities?
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onToo often, we assume a partnership between two or more philanthropic institutions representstrue “alignment” – even when they are…
Rising to the Challenge of Closing Racial Gaps
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onCan philanthropy drive systems change? By changing the way we approach the work in our individual institutions and how…
