Just Communities Information Exchange

An Online Library to Advance Neighborhood Equitable & Regenerative Development

The Just Communities Information Exchange is an ever-expanding online library of original and curated resources designed to support the application of best practices, innovative solutions, and peer-to-peer exchange for those looking to advance Just Growth. Just Communities Accredited Practitioners are encouraged to submit resources to the Exchange.

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Building to Heal: A Framework for Holistic Community Development

"Building to Heal: A Framework for Holistic Community Development" is a comprehensive guide that emphasizes the importance of emotional, spiritual, and psychological health in community development. The framework provides strategies for relieving stress, promoting hope, and restoring relationships within communities to foster holistic well-being.
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What Does Antiracist Community Development Look Like in Practice?

An article from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that highlights that using an antiracist lens for community development along with specific actions by investors, government, and philanthropy can move the United States toward more racially just community development financing.
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A Local Leader’s Guide to Community Engagement and Building Public Trust

As national and global issues and the myriad of other problems confronting local governments continue to rise, so do the challenges facing local leaders tasked with maintaining public trust and confidence with residents. The key to building and maintaining public trust and confidence is community engagement.
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City of Chicago Equitable Transit Oriented Development (ETOD) Policy Plan

The Chicago eTOD Policy Plan outlines a comprehensive set of actions for the City to take to advance racial equity, wealth building, public health and climate resilience goals through equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD). Recommendations were informed through a cross-sector engagement process and analysis of City programs, and an evaluation framework focused on outcomes, equity, and implementation criteria. In partnership with Elevated Chicago, an eTOD Work Group was created to engage over 70 stakeholders representing numerous City departments, community-based organizations, the private sector, philanthropies, and regional non-profit and governmental partners.
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The Salzburg Statement on Confronting Power and Privilege for Inclusive, Equitable and Healthy Communities

The scale of current and potential inequalities in the urban environment demands a revolution of purpose and accountability. The challenges we face in building and sustaining healthy and equitable communities demand new forms of thinking, problem-solving, governance, and decision making. Most importantly, it requires that we learn the skills of interrogating power and analyzing privilege.
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The Tale of Two Zip Codes

A short video detailing life expectancy differences between people based on the built environment, policies, and access to health resources in their neighborhood, often due to racial and economic discrimination. The video shows how zip code can be more influential to health than genetic code.
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Data Driven Detroit Mapping Tools

Data Driven Detroit is the local Data intermediary for Detroit, Michigan. They have a variety of tools available for use by community members, non-profits, and developers to in order to provide accessible, high-quality information and analysis to drive informed decision-making.
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Capitol Hill EcoDistrict Community Report

This is the 2018 annual report from Capitol Hill EcoDistrict in Seattle, WA. This is a great example of an annual progress report for other EcoDistricts and communities to use as an example.
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Breathe Easy Millvale Air Quality Planning

This Air Quality Planning guide is an example of a high-quality indicator report from an EcoDistricts Project. The Breathe Easy project recommends future actions and projects to catalyze change at the individual scale, in the borough, and in the region. This initiative, supported by the Heinz Endowments, is a result of Millvale's EcoDistrict Pivot 2.0 Plan led by evolveEA.
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