Periagoge
Scenario

When community improvement efforts feel like gentrification

I want to start a community garden in the empty lot behind our building but I am the only white person interested and I worry about gentrification and do not know if I should drop it.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to enhance our surroundings becomes complicated when we recognize our efforts might displace the very community we seek to serve.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Neighborhood and place-based belonging?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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