Stories

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During Filipino American History Month, Reflecting on What a Cultural Center Can Mean to a Community

In this Community Wise blog, LISC Indianapolis’ Ephraim Palmero celebrates his community, and the journeys and contributions of Filipino Americans who have come before him. Community centers, he argues, like the Philippines Cultural Community Center in Indy, are invaluable spaces and resources for the members of any diaspora, and they form an intrinsic part of inclusive community development that we must support.

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12.13.2021 -

Investing in the Creative Economy

As part of an ongoing blog series, LISC’s Anna Smukowski looks at the way LISC is advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a range of activities supported by the LISC loan fund.

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12.02.2021 -

In Cincinnati’s Price Hill, Music Nourishes a Community

This is the story of how a youth orchestra took root and flowered within a community development corporation, and has ended up helping transform a community and enriching a city. Music for Youth in Cincinnati—MyCincinnati—and the work of Price Hill Will are emblematic of the extraordinary power of home-grown arts and culture to leverage growth, connection and joy.

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10.13.2021 -

People Over Property: A Latino Community Asserts Its Historic Place in Mesa, AZ

The historic Latinx-majority communities of Southside Mesa, AZ have endured decades of disinvestment - and are now faced with potential displacement. With support from the grassroots community development group RAIL (for Retail, Arts, Innovation and Livability), a longtime LISC partner, residents and other stakeholders are strategizing and taking the reins of the future of their neighborhoods. To close out our commemoration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, we took a look at how Southside Mesa is making it happen, this month and every month.

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More Creative Community Development. More Powerful Art.

David Greenberg, LISC’s VP for Knowledge Management and Strategy, and author of a new essay and workbook exploring the relationships between art and community development, poses a question to our field: what happens when we dispense with our outmoded silos and allow culture-making and social activism to graft? The possibilities are limitless and liberating.

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5.26.2021 -

Moving Beyond Statements to Do the Work

As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month comes to a close, we are spotlighting the extraordinary community partners whose work every day promotes racial equity and social justice and nurtures the culturally rich communities that are a bedrock for so many in the AAPI diaspora and beyond.