When Communities Build Power, They Don’t Let Go In a year of growing antipathy toward immigrants and refugees, the Culture & Community Power Fund made a decisive move: investing just under one million dollars in the very communities under pressure, supporting them to organize, create, and lead with culture at the center. Across Memphis, New … Continued
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Project South
Where Young Voices Build Power In the historically Black neighborhoods of South Atlanta—10 communities once known as Brownsville and among the first settled by Black people after emancipation—Project South is reclaiming a legacy and building a future. From its headquarters at the Mutual Aid Liberation Center, the organization confronts the pressures of gentrification and state … Continued
Another World Exists (AWE)
Holding Space Where Transformation Takes Root The gatherings can appear simple—people in a room, sharing, listening, being together without a transactional goal. But what Another World Exists (AWE) creates through its facilitated exchange spaces is anything but simple. It is deliberate, radical infrastructure for collective care. In 2025, AWE brought together hundreds of people across … Continued
United States Conference of Mayors
Just City Mayoral Fellowship: Holding the Line When It Mattered Most When a primary federal funding stream shifted in 2025, the Just City Mayoral Fellowship—a proven national program connecting city leaders with tools and partnerships to advance equity through the built environment—faced a moment of real uncertainty. The United States Conference of Mayors refused to … Continued