Major events can bring a sudden surge of visitors, attention, and investment to a city. Yet without the right systems in place, that activity may produce only temporary gains, bypass local businesses, ...

This piece was developed with guidance and input from the Living Cities Narrative Change Working Group, a collective impact consortium composed of foundations, financial institutions and key partners ...

In 2012, Julie Lein and Clara Brenner started Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator with a mission to empower entrepreneurs to solve urban problems. Through their experience with Tumml, Julie and Clara ...

Choose “Download this document” to download the citations and sources, with links to further reading. The experiment of America is over two centuries old. Throughout our history, systems were designed ...

When traditional finance falls short, where can changemakers turn? Host Justin Charles talks with Jim Casselberry of Known about how impact investing directs capital to overlooked communities and ...

Not just with goals, glory, and global fandom. But with money. Influence. Infrastructure. Attention. Capital. The FIFA World Cup, that is. And the numbers are staggering. Depending on the analysis, ...

In 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech that asked a question that reflected the discomfort between our country’s stated vision of freedom and independence and the reality of on-going human bondage: ...

I work in circles where we talk a lot about “people of color” (POC). We discuss what POC need to thrive economically, how to support POC with resources, and of course we interrogate how racism affects ...

In this episode of Live with Living Cities, guest host Valerie McDowell talks with Ashley Gabb, founder of Gabb Consulting and former executive at Estée Lauder, HP, and Discover, about her journey ...

In 2020, Living Cities launched the “Closing the Gaps” Network, paired with a cohort of cities participating in a “Year of Reckoning” initiative. This foundational year brought together leadership in ...

The first post in a two-part series explores the potential of capital to undo the historical legacy of inequities. How could this be? We have been taught that, in America, our success depends on our ...

We cannot address racial disparities without being clear about the historical, social and political meaning of race in America. As part of our internal racial equity work, Living Cities has asked all ...