By Dr. Erica Henderson, CEcD | Principal & CEO In St. Louis, residents have been telling us what they need for as long as anyone has been asking. They told us before Mill Creek Valley was demolished in 1959, displacing 20,000 Black residents and erasing a...
By Ann Fisher-Jackson | Chief Strategist There are two versions of every federal funding cut. The one that gets covered, and the one that lands. The covered version happens in Washington. It has a number, a bill name, a roll call, and a margin. It gets analyzed in two...
By Dr. Erica Henderson, CEcD | Principal & CEO Across the country, civic systems are under strain, not because of a lack of commitment or competence, but because they were never designed for sustained volatility. Public funding shifts with little warning. Federal...
