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2024 Non-Property Related Activities
2024 Speaking Engagements as Experts and Thought Leaders
• On April 22, 2024, MALB Program Director, Terica Bashir, participated in an Equitable Development panel at the community forum titled “Reclaiming Black Communities”, hosted by the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative and the Center for Community Progress. The panel also featured local business owners as well as a for-profit mission driven developer. • The forum explored local data in depth, highlighting displacement and vacancy trends in Atlanta’s historically Black neighborhoods. The discussion focused on how these patterns affect present and future opportunities for wealth building. The panel increased attendees’ awareness to tools, strategies, and recommendations communities can use to address both commercial and residential displacement.
• The forum, panel, and follow-up whiteboarding session were designed to co-create a policy agenda aimed at advancing anti-displacement solutions.
• The MALB invited representatives from the Center for Community Progress (CCP) to attend the March 2024 unveiling of the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) student artwork for the Neighborhood Beautification Program. • Post the event, CCP requested MALB host a webinar to discuss the creative program and its partnerships. On April 24, 2024 Program Director, Terica Bashir, alongside Dr. Sarah Erickson, Director of Fine Arts for Atlanta Public Schools, shared details about the program relative to ideation, funding, partnerships, and more. • Attendees included staff from land banks and other organizations across the country that manage vacant properties. The goal was to inspire them to replicate the program in their own communities.
Dr. Sarah Erickson
Metro Atlanta Land Bank // Annual Report 2024
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