Equity Archives - Just Communities

Broadway-Slavic Village is a place where grit meets green. Our most valuable asset is our people, from the small business owners that support our community along Fleet and Broadway Avenues to our neighborhood activists and change-makers that push us to...Read More

Just Communities: The Evolution of EcoDistricts

October 5, 2023

By Rob Bennett

Today is a big day for those of us who have poured our hearts into building and growing the EcoDistricts movement. Our name is changing to Just Communities, and I couldn’t be more excited about the new identity and what...Read More

A Decade of Building Community in San Francisco’s Chinatown

October 6, 2021

By Cindy Wu

In 2017-2018, I hit two milestones in my life. The first was my 10-year anniversary of doing place-based, community-based planning work at Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The second was that I was pregnant and gave birth...Read More

EcoDistricts Launches a New Online Course for EcoDistricts APs: Centering Racial Equity in Urban & Community Development

September 29, 2021

By Rob Bennett

“The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love, we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others. That action is the testimony of...Read More

Networks ≠ Organizations: Let’s all lean into the difference!

November 10, 2020

By Lydia Morin

I spent nearly my whole first year as Executive Director of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities) in the Greater Pittsburgh Region trying to understand it as the nonprofit organization it was portrayed as by its founders and current leadership of...Read More

Grassroots: Equitable Environmental Leadership By and For the People

November 10, 2020

By Brittany Reno

Photography by Nanci Goldberg Over the past few years, I have had the honor of working with my fellow Sharpsburg residents to engage our community in a resident-driven EcoDistricts planning process. Sharpsburg, PA, is a small, industrial borough on...Read More

Category: Equity

Slavic Village in Cleveland Becomes the 9th EcoDistricts Certified Community

November 30, 2023

By Rob Bennett

Just Communities: The Evolution of EcoDistricts

October 5, 2023

By Rob Bennett

A Decade of Building Community in San Francisco’s Chinatown

October 6, 2021

By Cindy Wu

EcoDistricts Launches a New Online Course for EcoDistricts APs: Centering Racial Equity in Urban & Community Development

September 29, 2021

By Rob Bennett

Networks ≠ Organizations: Let’s all lean into the difference!

November 10, 2020

By Lydia Morin

Grassroots: Equitable Environmental Leadership By and For the People

November 10, 2020

By Brittany Reno