Our participants have been telling us loud and clear that they want to learn more about community wealth building and community ownership strategies, not surprisingly, as these are currently critical topics in community development.
How should community leaders manage the opportunity to spend trillions of dollars of federal funding on economic recovery in ways that begin to realize the promise of racial justice? In a July 9 roundtable of CCI staff and fellows, one answer to this question rose above all the others: ask the right questions.
Through the support of CommonSpirit and Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities, Uplift San Bernardino has partnered with Arts Connection and the San Bernardino Neighborhood Associations to create a long-term project called Blocks of Care.
Romi Hall ties together our four-part series in this final installment with a holistic vision for effective community development in Black communities.
In this installment of CCI's four-part series spotlighting Black women alumnae of our Fulcrum Fellowship, Ja'Net Defell discusses a shift from a needs framework to an opportunity framework when investing in Black communities.
In this installment of CCI's four-part series spotlighting Black women alumnae of our Fulcrum Fellowship, Sarida Scott considers the Centering Blackness Framework in her hometown, Detroit.
This February, CCI is spotlighting four Black women alumnae of our Fulcrum Fellowship, who will share their visions for how to center Black people in community development. The series begins with Joanna Trotter, Senior Director of Community Impact for The Chicago Community Trust.
In Chicago's Woodlawn community, Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) is spearheading the redevelopment of affordable housing without displacement.