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Sponsored: When it comes to anti-racist community development work, neutrality isn’t an option, but there is another clear path forward.

Sponsored: Racism in community development has physical consequences, but with attention and resourcing, we can move the sector in an anti-racist direction. 

In "The Stories We Tell Ourselves", a panel of people working at the intersection of race, place, and story will unpack eleven dominant community development narratives revealed in the Anti-Racist Community Development research project and share strategies for advancing practical, concrete narrative change in the sector.

The coalition tasked in the wake of George Floyd’s murder with alleviating the damaging effects of racism in Cleveland has hired a project manager and released a timeline of its work.

Please join us as we explore how arts and culture and community organizing challenge traditional notions of community justice, and how they can be reimagined. We will discuss how community leaders are radically transforming their communities by addressing current and historically unjust laws, policies and conditions at the local, state and national levels. Join practitioners Syrita Steib of Operation Restoration, Ayanna M. Cole of Carnegie Hall, and Mordecai Cargill and Brandon Wafford of ThirdSpace Action Lab. This virtual conversation is dedicated to sharing and learning how creati...