Elementary Engineering: From Simple Machines to Life Skills
At Charles R. Drew, educators use design thinking for teaching engineering concepts to elementary students.
Response to Intervention: Safe Spaces for Math and Literacy
At Charles R. Drew Charter School, the Literacy Center and Math Lab provide fun, engaging, and enriching interventions to help support students most in need.
2016 Purpose Built Communities Conference – Save the Date!
The Seventh Annual Purpose Built Communities Network Member Conference will be held in Birmingham, AL, October 17-19, 2016! Save the date!
LIFT Orlando – Transforming the Communities of West Lakes
LIFT Orlando joined the Purpose Built Communities Network in 2015. Their focus area is called the Communities of West Lakes, which sits adjacent to the Orlando Citrus Bowl in west Orlando. Since their initial formation by a group of committed business leaders in 2012, they have made great strides implementing the Purpose Built Communities Model.
Citrus Bowl Shines Light on LIFT Orlando
If you watched the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl on New Years Day on ABC, you might have seen this 60-second PSA about our network member LIFT Orlando. We are very proud of the exciting progress LIFT Orlando has been making in the Communities of West Lakes and their partners and supporters are a great example of effective collaboration. Special thanks to Florida Citrus Sports for their support and hard work with ABC to get this on the air. Enjoy.
Rev. Jeffrey Brown, Co-Founder, RECAP
In response to deaths from gang violence and the belief that faith-based organizations such as the church should respond, Rebuilding Every Community Around Peace (RECAP) was formed. RECAP is a partnership that leverages the expertise developed by Rev. Jeffrey Brown’s over 20 years of experience of gang mediation and intervention, and police/community relations in the US and around the world.
Florentine Films – David McMahon discusses films of social consequence
Florentine Films has produced some of the most acclaimed documentary films ever made, including Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” and “The Dust Bowl.” David McMahon, producer of “The Central Park Five” and “Jackie Robinson” shared clips from these films and discussed their social and cultural significance in American life.
Welcome from Mayor Betsy Price, Fort Worth
On October 6, 2015, Mayor Betsy Price welcomed the attendees of the Sixth Annual Purpose Built Communities Conference to the City of Fort Worth, home of the Renaissance Heights United initiative. Renaissance Heights joined the Purpose Built Communities network in 2015.
David Edwards, The State of Purpose Built Communities
Purpose Built Communities CEO David Edwards kicked off the 2015 Annual Conference in Fort Worth, TX with an overview of the Purpose Built Communities model and its 13 Network members across the country.
Glenn Harris, Center for Social Inclusion
Glenn Harris, the President of the Center for Social Inclusion, led an interactive session about racial equity at the 2015 Purpose Built Communities Annual Conference in Fort Worth, TX. He discussed the reality of race and its historic, cultural, and institutional impact, the need for progressive economic policy development and the need to reimagine the roles and practices of community and government in addressing inequity.
Reflections on Woodlawn – Myeisha Hutchinson and Arnold King
Myeisha Hutchinson and Arnold King, two natives of the Woodlawn Community in Birmingham, AL, discuss the revitalization effort that has been underway there over the past five years as part of the Woodlawn United Initiative.
The Honorable Kelly Allen Gray, City of Fort Worth Councilmember
As part of the 2015 Purpose Built Communities Annual Conference, attendees visited the Renaissance Heights development, the target area of investment and collaboration for the Purpose Built Communities Network Member the Renaissance Heights Development Group.The Honorable Kelly Allen Gray, City of Fort Worth Councilmember serving District 8, discusses the history of the Renaissance Heights United initiative and what successful, cross-sector collaboration looks like in Fort Worth, TX.
