Join Us on YouTube or Facebook live at the time of the event! Date: June 18, 2021 at 7:00PM Delivered Via: Facebook Live and YouTube Program Title: African American Communities and Gentrification: Heritage & Affordability Speakers: Dr. Julian Chambliss, Ph.D. and Dr. Igor Vojnovic
Inside Voices | Black Thoughts S3 E1: YOU=CHANGE, From the Bench to the Board Inside Voices | Black Thoughts S3 E1: YOU=CHANGE, From the Bench to the Board from AIA Orlando on Vimeo. The panel discussed the importance of being in positions of leadership to affect/enact real change within the black community as it pertains…
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Gus Henderson: Crusading Voice for Voters and Newspaper Pioneer By Whitney Broadaway from the Spring 2020 edition of Reflections magazine In 1862, in the middle of the Civil War, Gustavus Christopher “Gus” Henderson was born near Lake City, Florida. His mother was black, but not much is known about his father, who may have been white. He…
Celebrating Black History: Frank R. Israel and Walter B. Simpson Who were Frank R. Israel and Walter B. Simpson? From 1887-1893, these men served as the first (and only) African Americans to hold elected office in Winter Park’s city government. While we cannot know for certain, historians have speculated that the man holding the newspaper is…
What Community Land Trusts Can Do for Racial Equity Empowering Black Americans with access to own property and build wealth is key to cities addressing decades of racist policies and inequality. American cities represent part of the nation’s long and grim history of discrimination and oppression against Black people. They can also be part of the recovery from…
JUAN HOLLINGSWORTH INTERN ARCHITECT, HUNTONBRADYPRESIDENT, HANNIBAL SQUARE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST BOARD OF DIRECTORS For Juan Hollingsworth, board president of the nonprofit Hannibal Square Community Land Trust, life keeps coming full circle. The Chicago native earned a master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology, located just two blocks from the now-demolished housing project…
HANNIBAL SQUARE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST RECEIVES GRANT TO HELP HOMEOWNERS IN WINTER PARK Winter Park, FL — January 11, 2021 — Hannibal Square Community Land Trust (HSCLT) recently received a $23,400 grant from Winter Park Community Grants, a signature initiative of the Winter Park Community Foundation at Central Florida Foundation. The grant will help further HSCLT’s mission to…
