Published a book called Healing Neighborhoods which lays out a new framework for exploring equity in public investments

Our Deputy Executive Director published Healing Neighborhoods. In this book, Manal J. Aboelata encourages us to reimagine the role of public investments as financial tools to create the foundations for healthy neighborhoods, especially for residents who bear the brunt of unhealthy community conditions. Grounded in her personal account as a Stanton Fellow of the Durfee Foundation, Manal names systemic barriers to equitable investment, identifies six levers for tackling inequities in public investments, and puts forth a novel framework: the Nine I’s for Exploring Equity in Public Investments as a screening tool for advocates and practitioners to identify opportunities to proactively strengthen the health equity and racial justice impacts of public investments. If you are interested in learning more, you can purchase a copy from the publisher here: Healing Neighborhoods. Manal’s Stanton Fellowship was supported by the Durfee Foundation.