AVOID THE SINS OF THE PAST BY GETTING
MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM MARGINALIZED PEOPLE
“As a person of color, when I tried to enact change swiftly from within — it was always met with resistance.
So, the solution for me wasn’t to stay within that system
and fight against it on a day-to-day basis.
It was to create my own firm, so I could be free.
In the worlds of Jay-Z, ‘Til you own your own, you can’t
be free,’” said Charles Brown, founder and CEO at Equitable Cities and creator
of the Arrested Mobility Podcast.
Brown said the best reset button to refocus on inclusive
community engagement is the power of collaboration and co-creation.
“Stakeholders are actively involved in shaping decisions
and solutions.
And what this does is it involves valuing those diverse
perspectives, building consensus, and working towards shared goals,” he said.
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