Living Cities CEO Joe Scantlebury and Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter discuss how shared ownership and solidarity economy strategies are driving equitable economic transformation at the local level. In ...

Host Justin Charles explores the origin and impact of Living Cities’ Closing the Gaps Network—a bold, national initiative helping cities tackle deep-rooted wealth and income disparities. This episode ...

In times of emerging anti-DEI legislation, the pressure to “prove” the necessity of anti-racist programs and policies is mounting. As Living Cities convenes leaders from cities across the country who ...

Through our Business Ownership initiatives, Breaking Barriers to Business and Business Starts and Growth, Living Cities aims to increase the flow of capital to businesses owned by members of ...

As Living Cities supports Closing the Gaps Network cities with implementing practices and policies to expand BIPOC homeownership and business ownership, we look to data to understand the current ...

As we pass the one-year mark of implementing Truist Foundation’s multi-year, signature small business initiative, Where It Starts: Breaking Barriers to Business, I find myself reflecting on our ...

People of color are reported to be on track to become the country’s new majority by 2045. Knowing this, government leaders, private investors and philanthropic funders need to have a more ...

JK:We’re celebrating your new role as President of Youthprise! Can you tell us a bit about Youthprise? MP: I’ll start by sharing Youthprise’s mission, which is to increase equity with and for ...

Kim Folsom knows what it means to be a Black woman entrepreneur. Even after founding and running seven successful businesses, she still feels “like a square peg in a round hole,” she says. Yet Folsom ...

Resources Living Cities Expands Network of Cities Creating Equitable Economies March 8, 2022 Stay up-to-date on our efforts ...

In collaboration with historian Aminah Pilgram, PhD, we break down concepts of systemic racism, starting with Columbus’ arrival in 1492 to the Black Lives Matter movement. This book offers historical ...

In 2017, we released an internal learning report titled “What Does it Take to Embed a Racial Equity & Inclusion Lens?” that captures themes from internal interviews, a field scan, and learnings from ...