Place-Based & People-Centered: An Introduction to a Movement Creating Real Change

We are living in an era of unprecedented place-based investments. The movement for neighborhood-centered social change continues to grow in exciting ways. The public, private, and nonprofit sectors are acknowledging the ways disadvantage has been deliberately concentrated in some neighborhoods and opportunity in others. And they are rallying together to reverse generations of this racialized and class-based disinvestment. Today, we speak with two leaders influencing the origins and growth of the field about why this level of investment is necessary and how we keep people at the center of the work.