Beyond Affordable Housing: Creating Opportunities in Every Community

By Angela Glover Blackwell

A Signature Moment for Harnessing Capitalism and Private Capital to Address Racial Opportunity Gaps

We are at a unique moment in time where we need to harness capitalism and private capital in new and…

Connecting Students of Color to 21st Century Job Market Demands

Ask most people about racial discrimination and education and they’ll bring up Brown v. Board of Education, Little Rock Central High School, and Southern governors standing in the doors of segregated colleges: all the…

A Signature Moment for Advancing Racial Equity in America’s Cities

Despite the current tone of our national electoral politics, we are seeing more and more cities, institutions and individuals explicitly…

Closing the Racial Gaps: What’s Next?

After a day of powerful, and sometimes uncomfortable, conversations on race and equity, where do we go from here — as a collective? And as individuals?

As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, Living Cities hosted a Virtual Event for…

Four Thoughts on Capital at #LC25Years

This morning, we began Living Cities’ 25th Anniversary celebration with a focus on the role…

Race, Opportunity, and U.S. Cities: #LC25Years

Diversity Explosion

As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, Living Cities is hosting a Virtual Event for our broader network to engage in critical conversation around Closing Racial Opportunity Gaps. We encourage you to tune-in, share your thoughts, provide feedback, and partake in conversation with…

A Signature Moment for Closing the Racial Opportunity Gaps in U.S. Cities

On our new Medium Publication, Living Cities will curate perspectives on Race, Opportunity and U.S. Cities; and Harnessing Capital…