“We know enough by now to know that when we improve communities without including protective measures for the people in those communities, that we are hastening and we are helping displace them… If we spend any money that hurts Black people then we are not doing the right thing. We are not spending our money correctly, period. No matter who else it helps.” – Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes
Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes, chief executive & equity officer at Ashé Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans; Justin Merrick, the executive director at the Center for Transforming Communities in Memphis; and Erik Takeshita, executive director of the Culture & Community Power Fund discuss the work of their organizations and how culture plays a vital role.
Hosted by the Kresge Foundation‘s Arts & Culture Program and Next City.
