Our Zip Code, Our Fate

At a time when the world’s attention is fixed on global challenges such as COVID and climate, two Carroll School centers have launched a conversation about something closer to home—what happens within a half-mile of where we live. Leaders from a pioneering national organization, Purpose Built Communities, spoke about reversing the fortunes of distressed urban communities at the annual Jane Jacobs Lecture presented by the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action and the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics.