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Community Wise Podcast: A Conversation with Michelle de la Uz

The Community Wise Podcast is a monthly conversation between LISCers and practitioners and thought leaders from across the worlds of community development, social enterprise and social justice.

In this episode, LISC's Interim CEO & President, Lisa L. Glover, interviews LISC board member, Michelle de la Uz, who is also executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, a comprehensive social service and advocacy organization based in Brooklyn, NY. 


Michelle de la Uz, LISC Board Member & Fifth Avenue Committee Executive Director


The grand opening of an affordable senior living community in Queens, NY

The conversation highlights the work of the Fifth Avenue Committee around COVID, environmental initiatives and climate change, community advocacy, and affordable housing. Uz also unpacks into the critical role of community partnerships in an ever-changing urban landscape.  

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