Create the Village

It's Time to Tell the Truth

Susan K. Thomas, president of the Melville Charitable Trust, where she oversees the Trust’s grantmaking strategy, philanthropic partnerships and administration.

If You Can Read This...

We’re living in the midst of a technological revolution and the Digital Divide is leaving millions behind. Autumn Glover, an urban planner passionate about “The Intersection of Race, Place and Health” joined Egbert Perry on this week’s episode of Create the Village. Also joining the conversation was Eric Pinckney, the Project Executive responsible for the implementation of Assembly in Doraville, GA, which is a 145 acre, 10 million square foot redevelopment of the former General Motors plant in metro Atlanta.

In the Room When Decisions are Made

Edward Golding, Executive Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy, discusses "The Unequal Costs of Black Homeownership" with Egbert Perry.

When Outrage Becomes Contagious

Egbert Perry discusses the lasting effects of structural decisions made by political governance, governance that is emerging in the wake of decades of policies that intentionally advantaged some over others.

Through the Eyes of the People

In this episode of Create the Village, Egbert Perry explores how market forces can be leveraged to diminish systemic inequities that are rooted in existing social dynamics and public policies.

It Happened One Afternoon

In this episode, Egbert Perry and Rick White discuss the origins of Integral and the philosophy that undergirds the company’s approach toward Community Development. The discussion revisits an afternoon conversation in Harlem, New York in the early 1990’s when two friends made a commitment to build healthy communities that did not discriminate along racial or economic lines and where families could be nurtured.

Without Embarrassment or Shame

The podcast’s second season launches with what is summed up best by host Egbert Perry, “There is no question that a lot of people have been awakened to the disparities (in the US), the inequities that are drawn along racial lines. Now, the question is are we prepared to change enough in our system, you know economic system, to deal with the reality that we just discovered.”

Lessons Learned During COVID-19

Egbert Perry’s thoughts about where we are roughly 120 days into this new era.

Will COVID Kill the City?

How the COVID-19 pandemic will impact architecture, public spaces, and real estate.

Guests: 

Eugénie “Genie” Birch FAICP, FAcSS, RTPI (hon), the Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania and co-director of Penn Institute for Urban Research

Susan M. Wachter, the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and co-director of Penn Institute for Urban Research

 

Will We Pay the Price of Returning to Work?

How COVID-19 is impacting our educational system. Guests: Dr. Harris Cooper, The Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience

at Duke University; Dr. Raymond Hart, Director of Research for the Council of the Great City Schools.