Urban America Forward

New Webinar Series: Federal Equity Action and Our Communities
Urban America Forward Conference 2019 Summary
About Urban America Forward

Urban America Forward is a University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement program that fosters an interdisciplinary learning exchange among urban practitioners, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and representatives of philanthropy committed to improving racial equity and shared prosperity in America’s cities. Launched in 2015, Urban America Forward programming is grounded in two principles: (1) racial equity is achievable through systems change, and (2) practitioners’ efforts are bolstered by sharing approaches to disrupting systems that reinforce disparities in education, health, housing, justice, and economic oppression. Recent Urban America Forward programming includes The Equity Solutions in Place Conference (2019), and COVID-19 Equitable Relief & Recovery Webinar Series (2020).

Featured Cities

Community leaders in cities across the country are advancing innovative place-based strategies to reverse stark racial and economic disparities in their communities. Through the course of its tenure, Urban America Forward has developed a learning community among practitioners in more than fourteen U.S. cities including: Arlington, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Fresno, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis, Minneapolis, Newark, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC.

  1. Arlington, VA
  2. Asheville, NC
  3. Atlanta, GA
  4. Charlotte, NC
  5. Chicago, IL
  6. Cleveland, OH
  7. Fresno, CA
  8. Kansas City, MO
  9. Memphis, TN
  10. Milwaukee, WI
  11. Minneapolis, MI
  12. Nashville, TN
  13. New Orleans, LA
  14. Richmond, VA
  15. Washington, DC
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Previous Partners

Shared Prosperity Partnership is a collaboration of The Kresge Foundation, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, the Urban Institute, and Living Cities