Leadership Building and Critical Consciousness Raising

Addressing racial inequity in preservation of affordable housing and community development efforts, and addressing racial and economic inequity in disinvested neighborhoods.  The goals of the project included working with communities in Philadelphia to build strategies for preserving economic and racial diversity in areas impacted by gentrification and redevelopment, increasing access to opportunities in one’s own neighborhood, stabilizing families and neighborhood, and integrating communities. The project focused on North Philadelphia in particular as one of the areas of the city with the highest rates of concentrated Black poverty and housing issues.

Sithandiwe Yeni

Location: Western Cape, South Africa