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After 4+ amazing years I am headed to to start a Ph.D. this fall! Excited for this next chapter and appreciative of my community / all the wonderful people who've helped me get this far.
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Excited to release a new pub w/ & : a proposal for "Community Equity Endowments." Working to create new models of local wealth building. urban.org/research/publi
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As a former member & & a former organizer, I've seen how having a union can build a more equitable and effective workplace. And as a researcher, I know the data backs it up! Excited and proud to stand in solidarity with my coworkers
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Good morning! We just informed our management that a supermajority of eligible @UrbanInstitute staff have formed the Urban Institute Employees Union, organized with the @NonprofitUnion. Read our press release here:
npeu.org/news/2021/4/13
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New brief explores closing the racial wealth gap with a different form of community benefit: Community Equity Endowments
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City official: "We wanted to maintain that level of community engagement [during COVID-19]. This is an opportunity. Here’s an opportunity for a new way to engage residents that can be long-term tools." (via , )
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The two-year evaluation of Love Your Block program is out today! A small grant program that connects mayors’ offices with city residents to revitalize their neighborhoods one block at a time. urban.org/research/publi
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Developing and preserving affordable housing and small businesses along the Purple Line is key to equitable transit-oriented development. See what have been up to this year in the corridor. urban.org/research/publi
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One of my first projects when I joined 4 years ago was evaluating the use of funding flexibility in HUDs Moving To Work demonstration. Happy to see our work in Cityscape this week. huduser.gov/portal/periodi
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Ready for something new: what if we made it possible for residents to become investors in their own community? A hoped for next wave of how we do community/economic development in this country. Brief on emerging models.
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Excited to see our brief on new models for community shareholding highlighted in interviewing Full report here: urban.org/research/publi
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Several models have developed to give residents in a neighborhood the opportunity to buy ownership stakes in new development.
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New piece with learning from our #Measure4Change community on how nonprofits are adapting their measurement & eval strategies in light of COVID. By CC:
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New pub on how fed/state/local policy can support #coops in building equitable economies. North star: level the playing field and help coops grow to support their reaching underserved people and communities.
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Some of the voices of the thousands who took to the streets of Baltimore today.
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Thousands took to the streets of Baltimore as part of a youth-led protest to demand justice for #Georgefloyd and all victims of police brutality.
@jaisalnoor reports
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CARES Act funding flexibility is helping Public Housing Authorities address urgent needs—but their long-term challenges could get worse without increased and sustained funding urbn.is/2Tov4vV via
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"If our government can spend trillions of dollars to bail corporations out of a worsening economic situation, then there is no reason why that same gesture cannot be extended to poor and working-class families." from newyorker.com/news/our-colum?
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Took a look at the data released by yesterday and the racial disparities on who are most affected by the virus are staggering.
7 out of every 10,000 Black DC residents have died from COVID-19, and the gap with other racial groups is widening as time passes.
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Midway through the study of #LoveYourBlock program, I answered a few questions about our early findings on grantee cities' efforts to reduce vacancy, improve community health, and engage residents.
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The @urbaninstitute's study of the #LoveYourBlock program found that "one of the biggest things we found was the huge benefit of having 2 @AmeriCorpsVISTA for cities."
More on the #LoveYourBlock program with our partners at AmeriCorps & @NationalService: bit.ly/2Wam3XS
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. reflects on Earth Day in the middle of a Pandemic. Our environment, health and wellbeing are all connected. Happy earth day urbn.is/2Kn1emv via
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We dug into where low wage workers live and where the jobs are using data from Snag, an online marketplace for hourly jobs, and data from HUD on the location of public housing and assisted households.
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Our #ResearchAThon brief is out! #PublicHousing #Vouchers #HUD #SpatialMismatch @TinaPStacy @YourBuddyDan @Leiha_Edmonds @bjmeixell @ahariharan014 @JorgeG_Cities urban.org/research/publi
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"As policymakers & planners seek to revitalize Black neighborhoods, they must confront the systemic disinvestment embedded in the history of these places & promote racial equity." urbn.is/2OOMaAY
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How do the factors and systems affecting your clients show up in your theory of chance and activities? #measure4change
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New important resource from on race-equity and workforce (highlighting our #PerformanceMeasurement work in #Baltimore under #Measure4Change). tinyurl.com/y2vzfubu
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When Employment Is Unstable or Low-Paying, Work Requirements Don’t Lift People from Poverty: urbn.is/30vmcXo via
Diane Levy: "There’s a broad public perception that there are a lot of people getting public assistance of various sorts who aren’t doing what they should do, & aren’t making an effort." Here's what the research says, via :
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Packed house at our recent #Measure4Change convening to talk about growing skills and deepening the bench for performance measurement.
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Preserving unsubsidized, affordable rental housing through innovative financing strategies: Lessons from Chicago’s Community Investment Corporation. (cc: )
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New feature on Baltimore shows investment is uneven—fragmented by race & geography. Good news—public and CDFI investment is much more equitably spread. Bad news—still a small slice of the pie. apps.urban.org/features/balti #CRA #OpportunityZones #CDFI #communitydevelopment #Baltimore
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Looking forward to tomorrow's presentation on our new research: ABCs of Co-op Impact : urban.org/research/publi
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Have you registered for our ABCs of #CoopImpact? Free event on Dec 5th: 9-11am in our offices with @urbaninstitute and @CoopFoundation presenting research supported by @RWJF on how #cooperatives build healthy communities REGISTER: bit.ly/2DpmAgQ
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Creating Space for the Next Generation of Baltimore’s Community Leaders
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Make sure to check out this new tool from tracking the proposals that would take away assistance/health coverage from people who aren't working:
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NYC's subway is by far the most inaccessible in the nation. That has a big economic impact on the whole city, according to a new report.
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Want to learn about the impact of our #LoveYourBlock program? Check out new piece on what the study found. We're so happy to be working with them again to study our new cities! urban.org/urban-wire/how
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How does your county fare in accessing federal community development funding? New research from 's Brett Theodos provides answers.
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