Love reading this recap of the "Power of Place" conference by FSG Director Ryan De Souza ??
Place Matters. Place is Powerful. Those words echoed in my mind as I sat among leaders committed to advancing comprehensive place-based services for youth and young adults. “The Power of Place” conference hosted by William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children’s Zone combined best and promising strategies in the cradle-to-career field with inspirational and insightful discussion from federal, state, and local leaders. Despite major changes in leadership in the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, I was reminded that a significant share of services that young people and their families interact with on a daily basis are decided at the state and local levels—where they live, not some place far away. And regardless of how federal policy may play out over the coming years, Maryland’s 63rd governor and the state’s first Black governor Gov. Wes Moore reminded us that “the hope we have for the people we fight for does not change with election cycles.” #Place is where change happens. And public, private, and community leaders working in partnership are well positioned to effect that change. Who do you fight for?
