The False Choice Between Mobility and Community Development
What is it about community development that it constantly seems to be posited in a binary set of choices that aren’t really and don’t have to be choices, and that […]
Toward a Politics of Love: Thoughts for Pride Month
During the closing plenary of our recent National Convention, Alex Tom from the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), when talking about the future of the field of community development and of […]
Activists Have Long Known That Donald Sterling Is Racist
I am a huge sports fan and I grew up in and currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area. So, of course, I am cheering for the Golden State […]
This Is How We Should Measure Our Work (And Achieve Economic Justice)
This is Part 6 in a series about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. […]
Embracing Affirmative Action, Imperfections And All
In a piece on my personal blog, I referenced a bigger politics of social and economic justice vs. a more narrow politics of identity/representation. Those of us who work in […]
How Exactly Does One Measure Economic Justice?
This is Part 5 in a series about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. —- In […]
The Myths About Poverty are Keeping People Poor
This is Part 4 of a series about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5. —- Beyond […]
When We Debate Poverty, What Are We Really Arguing About?
This is Part 3 in a series about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, and Part 5. —- Normally, […]
There is No “Culture of Poverty”
This is Part 2 in a series about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. Click here for Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. —- “At […]
Poverty Today Looks Completely Different and That’s Important
This is Part 1 in a series about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. Click here for Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. —- In […]
Is “Creating Community” Still the End Goal of Community Development?
This is the final part of my series on community organizing and community development. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. Beyond Traditional Outcomes I just argued that more […]
CDCs: You Don’t Have to Develop Real Estate to Be a Success
This is part two of my post on community development and community organizing. In my first post, I argued that community development corporations needed to revitalize their relationship to community […]