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Bio for Sherri Chisolm

Learn more about Leading on Opportunity

Read their most recent 2020 progress report.

Explore Charlotte's 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

Learn more about Foundation for the Carolinas, the parent organization of Leading on Opportunity.

Discover the great research and resources at Harvard University and Opportunity Insights and learn more about Raj Chetty and his team's groundbreaking research. They also make data and tools available for analysis.

Urban Institute at UNCC

Interview with Raj Chetty on his groundbreaking research on racism and inequality.

The New York Times has done some great reporting around economic mobility and also provided data tools to learn about economic mobility across the country and your own community. They have also published several opinion pieces on the subject. Following are a links to a few of the articles that are particularly relevant to this discussion. Many of them have interactive data tools.

Upshot - The Best and Worst Places to Grow Up

Upshot - An Atlas of Upward Mobility Shows Paths Out of Poverty

Upshot - Income Mobility Charts

Opinion - A Conversation About Making Cities More Equitable

Opinion - What does Opportunity Look Like Where You Live?

Brookings Institute

Brooking Institute: How We Rise - Social Networks in Charlotte - report

Brooking Institute: How We Rise - Social Networks in Charlotte - Panel Discussion

Brooking Institute: Additional insights on social networks and economic mobility - blog

Sherri and I talked about segregation in Charlotte. The Othering and Belonging Institute just completed a project and published a report on the roots of structural racism and the role that segregation plays. Also, you can use their tools to learn more about segregation within your own community.

Purpose Built Communities