Spaces: How Urban Design Perpetuates Racial Inequality–And What We Can Do About It

Interesting article in Fast Company discusses how land use and community design helps to contribute to racial and economic inequities.  But the first step is understanding the urban policies that got us here. For decades, planners slashed through neighborhoods in the name of urban renewal and slum clearance, underwritten by federal funding from the Housing […]

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Soilful City launches new Site

Today I am excited to announce that my good friend, Xavier Brown launches his website for Soilful City  an #urbanagriculture initiative that seeks to bring food power to the people in Wards 7 and 8 in DC. Soilful City uses the principles of Kwanzaa as a guiding philosophy for creating and sustaining healthy neighborhoods. Intertwining these tenets with the wisdom of Mother […]

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