This Great and Complicated Place stands to elevate the way communities of faith contribute to conversations about race and equity by exploring, honestly and com...
Disinvestment or Design: When a City Decides What a Child is Worth
This episode examines how physical spaces and policy decisions affect educational access and opportunity. Through personal stories and expert perspectives, we explore how neighborhood design, resource distribution, and historical patterns of inequality have shaped—and continue to shape—education in our communities.
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Sacred Spaces or Common Ground: What happens when church buildings become neighborhood anchors?
What if churches saw their buildings not just as Sunday gathering spaces but as anchors meant to foster the wellbeing of their communities? This episode explores how churches can meaningfully engage with housing justice by reimagining their relationship to land, property, and neighborhood.
In this thought-provoking episode, we examine the contradiction between vast church properties standing mostly empty while housing crises unfold at their doorsteps. Through conversations with experts like Ryan VerWys and Jonathan Rich, we explore how churches can leverage their resources to address housing needs without abandoning their spiritual mission. The episode challenges us to consider what it means to be truly rooted in place and how that rootedness connects to community flourishing.
Learn how churches are reimagining their properties to create meaningful impact in their neighborhoods.
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Building Up or Making Room: Who Gets to Call This City Home?
In this compelling episode, we explore the complex intersection of faith, housing justice, and community development. Through conversations with housing advocates and faith leaders, we unpack how churches can effectively engage in housing solutions without needing to be experts in development. The episode challenges traditional notions of pioneering and examines the power of joining existing initiatives rather than always starting new ones.
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Redlines or Green Juices: What Happens When Zip Codes Determine Dinner?
In this episode we dive into the hidden world of food access in America’s cities. We uncover how historical redlining practices continue to shape what ends up on our dinner tables today. From communities experiencing food gaps to the vital role of neighborhood bodegas, we’re exploring the complex web of systems that determine who gets to eat what—and why it matters for all of us.
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Gun Violence or Grocery Stores: Can Food Access Mean Life or Death?
May 14th, 2022 was not only the day our country experienced a deplorable act of racial terror, but it also served as a stark reminder that millions of Americans lack access to healthy and affordable food.
19-year-old Payton Gendron drove over 200 miles from Conklin, NY to Buffalo, NY, targeting the only supermarket in the predominantly African American community—a place one neighbor called the “village watering hole.” Gendron’s actions resulted in 10 deaths and 3 injuries. However, equally concerning was the role that geography and food deserts played in this tragic moment in American urban life.
In this episode, we’ll examine the impact that limited access to healthy and affordable food has on neighborhoods. We’ll explore how, for many, if it isn’t the gun in the hands of those threatened by racial difference, it’s the design of urban spaces that slowly lead to their erasure.
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This Great and Complicated Place stands to elevate the way communities of faith contribute to conversations about race and equity by exploring, honestly and compellingly, the historical design of American cities and urban centers and their impact on urban life. By inviting the voices of expert historians, economists, urban planners, faith and non-profit leaders, and—perhaps most importantly—neighbors, we intend to do more than just emphasize the design shortcomings of our cities and neighborhoods. We also want to highlight how faith communities are uniquely positioned to guide us towards more beautifully designed communities.
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