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  • #WealthInColor: Disparities in New Orleans’ Entrepreneurial Ecosystem [INFOGRAPHIC]

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    The goal of this project was to ensure that entrepreneurs of color, particularly those with businesses poised to scale,…

  • Building the Backbone for Collaboration: Q&A with the New Leadership Network

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    How do you build a network that equips local leaders to change systems through racially equitable strategies? The New…

  • Foundations and Financial Institutions Recommit to Work for Racial Equity

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    I don’t have to look hard at the world around me today to find reasons for despair. We are…

  • Strength In Numbers: The Importance of the 2020 Census

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    The census holds power to bring visibility, resources and political agency to our communities. It's up to us to…

  • Reimagining Black Wealth: Asking 400 Year Old Questions

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    As researchers and conveners, we know that addressing the root causes for our country’s racial disparities requires expertise and…

  • #WealthInColor: Michael Meredith of VPG Enterprises

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    As part of our #WealthInColor video series, we’re proud to be able to highlight the first of our New…

  • Living Our Values as a 21st Century Learning Organization: Lessons from Digital Community Engagement

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    We spent two years building a digital community engagement tool to help practitioners close racial gaps. We share our…

  • 3 Cities Using Capital to Build More Inclusive Ecosystems

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    Eighteen months ago, in collaboration with Living Cities, Rockefeller and Surdna Foundations, we launched Start Up, Stay Up, Scale…

  • Personal Reparations

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    When reparations discussions began to make big news, I didn’t need to understand what, exactly, was being proposed in…

  • Dominican / American

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    This blog is part of our series highlighting Latinx staff members in honor of Latinx Heritage Month.This Latinx Heritage…

  • #WealthInColor: Red Planet Books and Comics [VIDEO]

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    Red Planet Books and Comics owner Lee Francis tackles the perceptions of and narratives about Native Americans and their…

  • Building Inclusive Ecosystems: Reflections from HBCU@SXSW [PODCAST]

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    How can we build ecosystems that put entrepreneurs of color at the center? At HBCU@SXSW we had a conversation…

  • Healing-Informed Collective Impact: The Reflection and Practice

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    Read the first blog in this series, Healing-Informed Collective ImpactApplying the TIS philosophy to a traditional collective impact model required…

  • Afro-Latinidad

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    I have never had the privilege of not being aware of myself and my external appearance. Looks have always…

  • Healing-Informed Collective Impact

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    Whether it be equitable housing in San Francisco, workforce development in New Orleans, or inclusive innovation in Albuquerque, cities engaged with…

  • Power of Collective Action

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    At Living Cities, we believe collective action is the framework through which we can achieve change at a systems…

  • An Exciting Update from Living Cities: JaNay’s New Role as Chief Strategy Officer

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    Living Cities’ strategy has evolved radically since the early 1990s. Following a pivot away from community development, today, it’s…

  • White Women: It’s Time to Rewrite Our Narrative as Anti-Racists

    As a white woman from a conservative Pennsylvania town, I was disappointed but not shocked to learn that 53%…

  • #WealthInColor: Honeymoon Brewery [VIDEO]

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    In the first of our six-part #WealthInColor video series – featuring Black, Latinx and Native American founders – Ayla…

  • Capital for the New Majority: Reflections from HBCU@SXSW [PODCAST]

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    What does it take to disrupt barriers to access to capital for people of color and shift who ultimately…