The shoulders we stand on: Black changemakers in the South
In the southern United States, our New Orleans and Mississippi teams recall leaders who left an indelible mark on their communities and paved ...
Leadership
New Orleans’ roadmap to equity
The Data Center released the first in a series of academic briefs on systemic inequity in New Orleans, laying out a roadmap of ...
Leadership
From the ground up: Deepening economic inclusion strategies in the South
The National League of Cities launched the Southern Cities Economic Inclusion (SCEI) initiative to support cities in building their capacity to implement economic ...
Leadership
Local partners provide relief efforts to Ida victims
On Aug. 29 Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm, causing power outages and flooding across the ...
Leadership
Patrick Young, leading by creating, delivering and guiding
The WKKF Community Leadership Network (CLN) with the Center for Creative Leadership is an innovative fellowship that supports local leaders to connect, grow ...
One size doesn’t fit all
No two communities are the same, their challenges and solutions will be just as distinct. Organizations in Mississippi are improving the economic security ...
Community Engagement
Change happens at the pace of the people
New Orleans is known as the soul of America. But like many iconic American communities, the city faces the racial inequities at the ...
Health
Rewriting the narrative for New Orleans children
In 2017, Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies (IWES) coined the slogan “children are sad, not bad,” spurring a community-wide campaign on buses ...
Food Systems
Self-transformation reshapes the food landscape for New Orleans children
Elisa Muñoz-Miller, WKKF CLN class one fellow, leads the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee (FPAC), a broad-based coalition of more than 40-member ...
Community Engagement
Darren Alridge built an amazing life after Hurricane Katrina
Darren Alridge dropped out of school after Hurricane Katrina, but turned his life around after participating in the Youth Empowerment Project.
