Why Care About Social Equity? Angela Glover Blackwell
	Session:Fair Growth: Connecting Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Social Equity (March 13, 2:30pm)

[back to Fair Growth Symposium] [back to Fair Growth Symposium] [back to Fair Growth Symposium] [back to Fair Growth Symposium] [back to Fair Growth Symposium] Download Translation Paper Number One from the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities: Opportunities for Smarter Growth Author and Copyright Information Copyright 2001 by Author Angela Glover Blackwell is founder and president of PolicyLink, a national nonprofit organization devoted to advancing policies that achieve social and economic equity and build strong, organized communities. Previously, Ms. Blackwell was senior vice president for the Rockefeller Foundation, where she oversaw the foundation’s domestic and cultural divisions. She also gained national recognition as founder of Oakland, California’s Urban Strategies Council, where she led a pioneering approach to community revitalization based on a thorough understanding of local conditions, commitment to broad inclusion, community-driven systems reform, and insistence on accountability. Earlier, Ms. Blackwell was a partner with Public Advocates, a nationally known public interest law firm dedicated to representing the underrepresented, where she became known for developing innovative nonlitigation strategies. Ms. Blackwell has served on many boards, including Children Now, The Urban Institute, The James Irvine Foundation, Public/Private Ventures, The Foundation for Child Development, and Common Cause. She is currently on the boards of Levi Strauss and Co. and the Children’s Defense Fund. Ms. Blackwell received her undergraduate degree from Howard University and her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall.