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LISC’s CEO 100 Days In: Priorities for the Future, and Right Now
LISC president and CEO Michael T. Pugh reflects on what he's learned in his first months helming the organization, and shares top priorities for the year, both internally and for supporting the communities we work with. Green housing, second-chance employment and AI as a tool for more efficient credit-building and lending are at the top of the list, along with strengthening and streamlining LISC's operations to achieve maximum impact in people's lives.
Settling In—and Getting to Work—at LISC
LISC’s new CEO, Michael T. Pugh, reflects on the full-tilt activity and relationship-building of his first five weeks on the job. Meeting funders, community partners, residents and colleagues has been the most enriching part of the journey.
Community Violence Intervention Works, with the Right Support. So Let’s Support It.
Gun violence is another pandemic plaguing the U.S., and Community Violence Intervention (CVI) workers have proved extraordinarily successful in helping stanch violence in our neighborhoods. In an op-ed for Next City, Dr. Shani Buggs, a gun violence researcher and consultant to LISC's safety and justice team, and Lisa Glover, LISC's interim CEO, argue that to scale and reinforce these efforts, we must collectively help ensure that CVI outreach workers are compensated, trained and supported like the dedicated, life-saving professionals they are.
Justice for George Floyd
The historic murder and manslaughter convictions of Derek Chauvin are a welcome signal of justice for George Floyd, for Black communities long victimized by police violence, and for everyone who wants to live in an authentically safe, just and equitable America. The work of building an anti-racist justice system and healing communities, though, has far to go. LISC is committed to it for the long haul.
In Pursuit of Safety, Justice and Racial Equity
In a year of racial reckoning, the question of how to help communities become authentically safe, just and equitable for all their members is at the forefront of our minds. LISC CEO Maurice A. Jones and Safety + Justice VP Mona Mangat describe how we are doubling down on time-tested strategies to support healing safety partnerships between residents and community-serving police, and introduce new intiatives to take that empowering work farther and deeper.
“What's Good for Rural Is Good for the Whole Country”: Q&A with Maurice A. Jones
LISC's CEO explains the how and why of the LISC Rural Promise, our organization-wide commitment to achieve 20 percent of our community development impact in rural America over the next three years.