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Place MattersIs Mixed-Income Housing the New Gentrification?Gentrification is a word that has lost its context, simply coming to mean that the wealthy are getting nice, new things built for them and legacy residents, who are disproportionately lower-income people of color, are getting displaced. Their history and legacy are getting replaced one coffee shop and brewery at a time. This narrative makes headlines, but is it the story that is actually playing out? FCS has said that a healthy mixed-income strategy can do development without displacement. But is a mixed-income approach just a new term for the same traumas being visited upon historically Black and brown neighborhoods...2023-11-1652 minPlace MattersIs Mixed-Income Housing the New Gentrification?Gentrification is a word that has lost its context, simply coming to mean that the wealthy are getting nice, new things built for them and legacy residents, who are disproportionately lower-income people of color, are getting displaced. Their history and legacy are getting replaced one coffee shop and brewery at a time. This narrative makes headlines, but is it the story that is actually playing out? FCS has said that a healthy mixed-income strategy can do development without displacement. But is a mixed-income approach just a new term for the same traumas being visited upon historically Black and brown neighborhoods...2023-11-1652 minPlace MattersOur Big Idea for HousingIt is no secret that the United States is in the midst of a housing crisis. It is all but impossible to find quality housing that is affordable and located in healthy neighborhoods. This is not just a challenge for those living below the federal poverty line. Working adults from a wide array of ages and incomes are struggling to secure housing. But what if thinking about housing alone is not the solution to the nation's housing crisis? At FCS, the big idea behind how we approach housing is a belief that the crisis we are facing is not actually...2023-10-2644 minPlace MattersOur Big Idea for HousingIt is no secret that the United States is in the midst of a housing crisis. It is all but impossible to find quality housing that is affordable and located in healthy neighborhoods. This is not just a challenge for those living below the federal poverty line. Working adults from a wide array of ages and incomes are struggling to secure housing. But what if thinking about housing alone is not the solution to the nation's housing crisis? At FCS, the big idea behind how we approach housing is a belief that the crisis we are facing is not actually...2023-10-2644 min
Place MattersFragile NeighborhoodsThere are a lot of great books, articles, and maps about the impact that place and neighborhood can have on life outcomes. An area that is lacking, however, is the crucial role that social-relational connections plays in repairing the fabric of a place. For this final episode of our series on Neighborhood Engagement, we are excited to share with you a conversation between Shawn Duncan and Seth Kaplan - author, lecturer, and leading expert on fragile states. 2023-10-0559 minPlace MattersFragile NeighborhoodsThere are a lot of great books, articles, and maps about the impact that place and neighborhood can have on life outcomes. An area that is lacking, however, is the crucial role that social-relational connections plays in repairing the fabric of a place. For this final episode of our series on Neighborhood Engagement, we are excited to share with you a conversation between Shawn Duncan and Seth Kaplan - author, lecturer, and leading expert on fragile states. 2023-10-0559 min
Place MattersA City of NeighborhoodsFor the final episode of season one of Place Matters, we're excited to bring you a conversation between Shawn Duncan and two influential members of the Atlanta community: David Edwards, who is the Neighborhood Policy Advisor to current Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, and Shirley Franklin, who served as the 58th Mayor of Atlanta. They'll discuss these critical questions: How can cities begin to place neighborhoods as the center of their plans for growth and change? What does it take to make cities places where all people have the chance to thrive?2023-07-271h 12Place MattersA City of NeighborhoodsFor the final episode of season one of Place Matters, we're excited to bring you a conversation between Shawn Duncan and two influential members of the Atlanta community: David Edwards, who is the Neighborhood Policy Advisor to current Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, and Shirley Franklin, who served as the 58th Mayor of Atlanta. They'll discuss these critical questions: How can cities begin to place neighborhoods as the center of their plans for growth and change? What does it take to make cities places where all people have the chance to thrive?2023-07-271h 12Place MattersOur Big IdeaIn this episode, Shawn Duncan and David Park discuss the "big idea" that makes FCS -- well, FCS! When it comes to addressing chronic material poverty, we might have the right answer, but we've been asking the wrong question. To create real change, it might be time to ask something different.2023-06-1537 minPlace MattersOur Big IdeaIn this episode, Shawn Duncan and David Park discuss the "big idea" that makes FCS -- well, FCS! When it comes to addressing chronic material poverty, we might have the right answer, but we've been asking the wrong question. To create real change, it might be time to ask something different.2023-06-1537 min
The PointShawn Duncan: How to Disrupt Systems of OppressionHow do we disrupt systems that protect promote and perpetuate social and inequality? This is not a small task or an easy thing to discuss but if we are serious about bringing social justice to the surface, it is a conversation that we must have and not just today, but ongoing. And here to lead us in this conversation is Dr. Shawn Duncan
He is the Director of the training and Consulting Division for an impressive group called Focused Community Strategies or FCS. This organization was started by Dr Lupton best know for the bo...2023-01-2338 min
TheoEd PodcastShawn Duncan: "Changing Mission for Good"What does it look like to address poverty in ways both faithful and effective? Shawn Duncan, Director of The Lupton Center, reimagines traditional approaches to charity and mission.
First delivered at TheoEd Atlanta in February 2020.
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Music: Wake by LynneMusic, licensed through NeoSounds2022-06-2421 min
Roswell Presbyterian ChurchEpisode 14: 2nd Mile: "Sending" (Luke 10:1-9)Every year at RPC we highlight two seasons to focus on what we can contribute – both financially and through service – to the ministry of Jesus Christ. Today, we kick off one of those seasons called 2nd Mile for Mission. During this season, we will invite you to commit to give to our mission budget that supports our local and global mission partners. We hope to have 100% of the congregation participate!
This grand goal highlights a core aspect of RPC’s identity, namely, that we exist not just for ourselves, but also for others. This is central to who we...2019-05-0517 min