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Category: Infrastructure

Kids See What We Value: We Must Invest In Communities to Uplift Children of Color

October 9, 2019

By Michael Jackson

Anyone who’s ever had a hobby, a child, or been in a relationship knows, we value those things we devote time, energy, and money towards. Those things we don’t, we…

“What’s not to love about Charleston? Or Santa Fe?”

September 10, 2019

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

What was I watching? A bright, chipper afternoon edition of The Today Show on NBC. For this segment, the TV hosts invited an editor from Travel and Leisure magazine to…

Bold ideas rooted in the lives, experiences of real people

March 21, 2019

By Center for Community Change

Now you can check out some of the discussions from the event and hear for yourself how power and agency are at the root of economic justice for our communities.

Voting to Make Florida’s Environment a Priority

October 8, 2018

By Maliha Kareem

Water is life.  And in many ways, it is what defines Florida. As a first generation American whose family came from Iraq, a nation with critical environment-related threats to human…

Detroit’s Walking Man: Beyond Click-Through Generosity

February 12, 2015

By Wendi C. Thomas

It’s fitting that James Robertson’s good luck falls during Black History Month. Robertson, 56, started riding four buses and walking 21 miles round-trip to get from his Detroit home to…

Minimum Wage Momentum!

June 3, 2014

By Donna DeLaCruz

Pictured here: People cheer the moment the minimum wage bill passes in the Seattle City Council. There have been a lot of minimum wage victories in the news lately. Yesterday, the…

Let’s Target Infrastructure Jobs to Communities Most in Need

October 4, 2011

By Rich Stolz

Today the Transportation Equity Network released a national report ranking the states based on how well they prepare and create job opportunities for low-income and minority residents and women on transportation infrastructure…

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