Social capital—especially bridging capital—binds these efforts together and truly moves the needle on collapsing economic and racial disparities. Just as importantly, social capital is the key to rebuilding our civic society and strengthening our democracy.
When I was 12, I was ready to make my first foray into the working world. So, I did what any enterprising pre-teen would do—I reached out to family and friends to drum up some…
We envision an America where every neighborhood offers pathways to opportunity and prosperity for the people who call it home. This vision doesn’t happen overnight or by accident. It is crucial to us as leaders at Purpose Built Communities to be intentional and collaborative as we plan for the future, and one way we do that is through our Strategic Plan.
On March 7, 2024, Purpose Built hosted the second annual network-wide Hill Day in the heart of Washington, D.C. This extraordinary event brought together our Network Members on Capitol Hill to engage with congressional leaders and the office of the Vice President.
Soul City was not the first and has not been the last planned Black community in the United States. Notable others include Tulsa’s Greenwood District (once known as America’s “Black Wall Street” and the site…
Life stressors are something that all of us deal with every single day. But it is well documented that people and families living in poverty face disproportionate and compounding circumstances. In this episode we hear about how in Omaha, Nebraska, the trifecta of crises—health, economic and racial justice—are affecting poor and Black and brown communities. Listen
The Atlanta Fed’s Community and Economic Development department supports the central bank’s mandate of stable prices and maximum employment by working to improve the economic mobility and resilience of people and places. Dr. Raphael Bostic, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Mr. Egbert Perry, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Integral; former Chairman, Fannie Mae, explore the ecosystem of organizations and the unique assets and opportunities of each – the Federal Reserve System, Fannie Mae, community developers, housing developers, educators, everyone at the Purpose Built Communities conference – and offer perspective on a call to action about how collectively we help communities develop.
The Racial Wealth Divide Initiative (RWDI) at Prosperity Now has worked with organizations and teams nationally to help them work through how to integrate racial economic and wealth equity into program design, development and implementation. This workshop with speakers Cat Goughnour, Associate Director, Racial Wealth Equity at Prosperity Now and Lillian Singh, Vice President, Racial Wealth Equity at Prosperity Now provides participants an interactive opportunity to collaboratively ideate solutions to complex, long-standing socioeconomic issues by building off of the foundation laid during the Community Revitalization Through a Racial Equity Lens session. The focus of this equitable development workshop is to turn racial economic and wealth equity theory into practice using field tested approaches and tools designed with, for and by those who feel the issues most acutely by integrating a combination of Right 2 Root System and RWDI methodologies and strategies into asset based community development.
Raza Development Fund invests capital and creates financing solutions to increase opportunities for the Latino community and low income families. Tommy Espinoza, President & Chief Executive Officer, is a prominent architect of Latino community and business development policy and programs, with over 45 years of experience that span the breadth of the public, private sector, and nonprofit spectrum.
Previously the Equality of Opportunity Project, Opportunity Insights uses big data to empower policymakers and civic leaders to create targeted local policy solutions that revive the American Dream. In this session, David Williams, Policy Director, Opportunity Insights, Harvard University discusses “Neighborhoods and Economic Mobility: What the Data Says and How Better Policies Can Help.”
Segregation in the United States has shaped our society and had negative impacts on African-American and minority communities for generations. Segregation also affects the overall economic health of our country – and everyone in it.
It’s been a convenient diversion from the truth that’s been told since Reconstruction - that the segregation we’ve seen and continue to see in America is just the effects of private individual biases and incidents of discrimination, rather than codified in law. But, when we look at the facts, that myth breaks down pretty quickly with the abundant examples of policies in local, state, and federal government across the country that explicitly discriminated against African Americans.
In this bonus episode, Richard Rothstein and Shirley Franklin, former Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities discuss the history and myth of de facto segregation in America - and what it will take to reverse the toxic effects of that history. Listen
We are excited to reveal our new brand identity! Our new brand is the next chapter in a story about increasing economic mobility, better health outcomes, and racial equity by harnessing neighborhoods as powerful engines of change.
In our new logo, you see the blocks of a city grid or an interwoven tapestry of bold and vivid colors. It symbolizes both where we work and how we work. Purpose Built supports over 70 neighborhoods—including more than 25 Network Members—creating an interconnected collective of leaders strengthening neighborhoods so everyone can thrive.
This new brand identity is more than a logo. It is a framework for telling the Purpose Built Communities story and an invitation to join our mission of creating pathways to prosperity for residents in the places they call home.