This Fact sheet summarizes recent research on the costs of gun violence to communities and how violence may affect the DC economy.
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Researcher at Metropolitan Housing and Communities Center; research director of Urban-Greater DC. Views expressed are my own. Black Lives Matter
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This👉 "the cumulative effect of blocking, delaying, or downsizing affordable housing projects is the same: poor and working-class people, often people of color, end up being priced out of our communities."
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Excited to be launching the Community First Toolkit today. Tools to help park organizations address inequities caused by infrastructural racism, and shape public spaces that bring social, environmental, and economic benefits to communities. toolkit.highlinenetwork.org #LiveAtUrban
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Join us on May 18 for the launch of the Community First Toolkit for embedding equity in public spaces.
When it comes to housing: as a region, we can no longer call whatever we hit the target
Kudos to for releasing their progress report
made DC the first in the country with affordable housing goals by neighborhood #36000by2025 open.dc.gov/36000by2025/
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. experts weigh in on best practices for an equitable recovery in DC for education, small business, employment, local revenue, transportation, housing, infrastructure, and social safety net.
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BIG NEWS: We're projecting cherry blossom peak bloom to fall between March 22 - 25 this year! Learn more about this delightful springtime tradition at nps.gov/cherry
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#Cherryblossom #BloomWatch #WashingtonDC
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Here's a comprehensive look at the 2020 census data on population by race, ethnicity, adults, and children, and housing units for the Greater DC region, including DC's 8 wards and jurisdictions in MD, VA, and WV.
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It’s time to recognize the value of the early education profession. Thank you to & our partners in the Advancing Early Education Collaborative for sharing this commitment.
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Enjoying the very informative discussion of Japanese domestic policy issues. #Japanin2022
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APPLY NOW: Are you a nonprofit doing front-end criminal justice reform work? & are funding our next round of Catalyst Grantees! Check out the full Request for Proposals and apply now!➡️urbn.is/3GeDhsV
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Pamela Loprest in : "The thing employers can do for workers is treat employees like whole people, not widgets." (via )
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Excited to be kicking off this year's project directors' meeting for Promise Neighborhoods and Full Service Community Schools! #PromiseNeighborhoods2021
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Will we see you on Thursday? Join us for a discussion on Post-COVID19 Eviction Diversion - mailchi.mp/cnhed.org/join
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The Consumer Health Foundation is now if, A Foundation for Radical Possibility. Check out our new site at iffdn.org and join our newsletter to stay in the loop! #racialjustice #whatifdmv
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Fairfield County Housing Advocates Want State To Address Shortage For Low-Income Earners
Please join us for a free workshop on housing, equity, and race. Learn more about the history of housing policies and what we can do to promote equitable and fair housing in our region: mwcog.org/fairhousing #housingequityDMV #fairhousingdmv
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Landlords who own small numbers of rental units are a significant part of DC's housing landscape.
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Join Urban Institute and Urban–Greater DC on June 10 for a conversation on police funding and reform in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. urban.org/events/strateg
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“Sharing knowledge and lived experiences in an environment where the youth feel comfortable has enabled PASS to build trust and increased the likelihood young people will seek its services.”
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💉 1 BILLION DOSES! 💉
More than 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered globally, according to our latest data on .
This is a major milestone in the effort to vaccine the world. But we must do more to accelerate, and achieve greater equality.
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Collaborating with resident resident researchers can be a key strategy to begin undoing the systemic exclusion of communities of color in research. A thread on some ways to incorporate these collaborations across all stages of the research process. (1/n)
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New funding and TA from Urban Institute and CDC will support up to 20 CBOs in improving vaccination equity. Application deadline 4/26.
Fully support the right of my Urban Institute colleagues to organize and to choose to represent themselves through a union, as well as their goal of making Urban a more inclusive, equitable workplace.
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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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🥇Congratulations !! おめでとうございます👏！The winning teams for the 2021 Japan Bowl are:
Level 2: Stevenson School
Level 3: Townsend Harris High School
Level 4: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
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Excited to be moderating this discussion on #DCStatehood next Mon, Apr 12, 1:30p EDT. Please join us!
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Excited to be moderating this discussion on #DCStatehood next Mon, Apr 12, 1:30p EDT. Please join us!
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From "Direct attention on improving vaccine access to communities of color—not explaining away lack of access as refusal—can help counter inequities now and in the future."
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DC is trying to get everyone in the community pre-registered for a vaccination appointment. Are you pre-registered? If not, you can pre-register at vaccinate.dc.gov or by calling 1-855-363-0333 (M-F, 8am-7pm and Sat & Sun, 8am-4pm). Stay safe!
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New Housing Indicator Tool, which is based on research, will help the greater DC region track progress toward affordable housing goals.
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. is proud to be partnering with and other Promise Neighborhoods around the country on the great work they are doing in their communities!
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On March 16, 2020 SEI officially went to virtual-only work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out this video and see what we have been able to accomplish. #LifeHasOptions #iamSEI
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The reported shootings of Asian American women on Tuesday in Atlanta is an unspeakable tragedy – for the families of the victims first and foremost, but also for the AAPI community — which has been reeling from high levels of racial discrimination. bit.ly/3eKmNOf
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When the #AAPI community is hurting, we’re all hurting. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: we strongly condemn hate crimes against Asian-Americans in any form.
Hate is a virus. And this must end.
#StopAsianHate
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Credit scores, credit use, and delinquencies improved for DC residents after Great Recession and into COVID-19, but the last economic recovery failed to adequately address systemic credit health barriers facing families of color.
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More than 1/3 of DC children under 6 with working parents had parents that worked nontraditional hours like evenings, weekends. These schedules much more common among families that have faced structural barriers to employment, education, and good wages.
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Urban Institute is excited to be building the new DC Education Research Collaborative that will bring together researchers, students and educators to create better results for our schools and children.
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I'm quite proud of this report. The insights we share were made possible through conversations with community leaders and small business owners who devote their everything to do right by their people. I don't take the vulnerabilities&celebrations they shared with us for granted.
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New report out on lessons learned about how community based orgs can support & grow entrepreneurship for Latino & immigrant people @NALCAB @WK_Kellogg_Fdn @JGonzalez311 @JeinPark5 @conexion_tn @FranklinDist @HaciendaCDC @lacocinasf @MandelaPartners urban.org/research/publi
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