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Born and raised in Washington, D.C., currently living in Philadelphia, Megan is focused on How we use storytelling and the sharing of life expriences to effect real change

Megan R. Smith Shifting narratives. Powering communities. Effecting change.

Jun 2
Jun 2 Black Wall Street’s Second Destruction

Megan Smith

After the Race Massacre, Greenwood rebuilt strong. Then came “urban renewal.”

Jun 2
Jun 2 What Happens When Cash Fares Are Eliminated?

Megan Smith

15% of adults in the United States don’t have a bank account or credit card.

May 17
May 17 The Death and Life of the Central Business District

Megan Smith

A day at the office will be spent less in a single building and become more like a localized business trip.

May 2
May 2 Should Harrisburg provide guaranteed income to some residents?

Megan Smith

The mayor wants to give it a shot.

Apr 25
Apr 25 On Nextdoor, unhoused neighbors are shut out of conversations about homelessness

Megan Smith

Nextdoor has become a source for community discussions and local announcements, but not everyone in a neighborhood has access to the platform.

Apr 18
Apr 18 Planes, Trains, and Working Women

Megan Smith

By turning care work into infrastructure, Biden is doing something unprecedented: He’s taking women’s economic plight seriously.

Apr 18
Apr 18 What It Actually Means to Pass Local 'Reparations'

Megan Smith

As more U.S. cities consider plans to compensate Black Americans for past wrongs, Evanston and Asheville offer two divergent models.

Apr 11
Apr 11 America Never Wanted the Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses

Megan Smith

The U.S. is a diverse nation of immigrants—but it was not intended to be, and its historical biases continue to haunt the present.

Apr 11
Apr 11 American Democracy Is Only 55 Years Old—And Hanging by a Thread

Megan Smith

Black civil-rights activists—and especially Black women—delivered on the promise of the Founding. Their victories are in peril.

Apr 8
Apr 8 In New Orleans, Black Funeral Homes Help a City Grieve

Megan Smith

“Death Is Our Business” reveals how Black-owned funeral homes kept the city’s unique celebratory traditions alive amid the pandemic’s deadly first wave.

Apr 8
Apr 8 A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways

Megan Smith

President Biden's infrastructure plan aims to address racial inequities.

Apr 2
Apr 2 Four Numbers That Explain Racial Disparities in Homeownership

Megan Smith

The persistent inequality in one of the main sources of intergenerational wealth: homeownership.

Mar 29
Mar 29 Building Wealth While Black: How Atlanta Fueled a Family Fortune

Megan Smith

“My father was definitely at the right place, at the right time, with the right personality and determination and drive.”

Mar 29
Mar 29 Guaranteed Income in Jackson Designed By Black Moms for Black Moms

Megan Smith

…and showing results for Black moms

Mar 26
Mar 26 Ferguson fueled by razing of historic black town

Megan Smith

Resentment lingers 30 years after African-American area next to airport was depopulated to build runway that never was.

Mar 26
Mar 26 Confronting Architecture’s Complicity with Racism

Megan Smith

In “Reconstructions”, African-American designers and artists envision an architecture of Blackness that grapples with the field’s troubled history.

Mar 15
Mar 15 Housing Discrimination Made Summers Even Hotter

Megan Smith

The practice of redlining in the 1930s helps explain why poorer U.S. neighborhoods experience more extreme heat.

Mar 13
Mar 13 How Unfair Property Taxes Keep Black Families From Gaining Wealth

Megan Smith

Flawed assessments for America’s $500 billion in annual property taxes hit Black neighborhoods hardest.

Mar 13
Mar 13 Superpredators

Megan Smith

The Media Myth That Demonized a Generation of Black Youth

Mar 8
Mar 8 How Black activists used creative mapping to expose racism

Megan Smith

Groups like the Black Panthers engaged in counter-mapping to expose injustice and inequities.

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Born and raised in Washington, D.C., currently living in Philadelphia, Megan is focused on how we use storytelling and the sharing of life experiences to shift narratives, impact policy, create community and ultimately, effect real, tangible, long-lasting change.

 

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