Equip A Next Generation of Urban Leaders

I teach real estate development to graduate and undergraduate students in architecture and allied fields in Louisiana. These young people (and often mid-career professionals, too) are energized and they are hopeful. Their agency in the built environment is a means for achieving fundamentally different social, economic, and environmental outcomes in their communities. There are undeniable, persistent, and systemic challenges all around, but a next generation of professionals is looking to implement transformative solutions.

Next City reporting is focused on these solutions. Next City publishes hundreds of stories on solutions to urban issues every year, including issue-oriented compilations of articles into ebooks and webinars with practitioners who share lessons from their work. These solutions aren't merely technical, but they are human. Success is measured with data, but also through personal experience. And in an age when original, on-the-ground reporting is increasingly rare, Next City sends writers into urban communities to produce award-winning storytelling. That’s why I’m proud to serve as a board member.

Next City reporting is nominally about what's happening in neighborhoods and cities today, but its real value is to inspire what is possible in your community tomorrow. If you’ve ever used Next City’s reporting in your work or activism, please consider making a donation. 

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A next generation of urban leaders and visionaries is watching and learning, not just in our universities but also in our high schools and churches and even our homeless shelters and prisons. They are our future, and Next City is uplifting solutions to build on — from one city to the next.

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With gratitude,
Casius Pealer
Board Member, Next City