The Institute for AfroUrbanism – Working at the Intersection of Black Aspiration and City Change

Founder Lauren Hood is Galvanizing Place-Based Creatives, Planners, Developers, and Citizen Stakeholders

One of the first initiatives to come out of the Institute for AfroUrbanism will be the Black Thriving Index, “a year long, citywide dialogue that seeks to understand the social, spatial and spiritual conditions necessary in or for Black citizens to thrive”.

Lauren Hood recently founded the Institute for AfroUrbanism with the intent of galvanizing place-based creatives, planners, developers and citizen stakeholders toward a shared pursuit of “Black Thriving.”

Hood, a native Detroiter and AfroUrbanist, is working at the intersection of black aspiration and city change.

Detroitisit recently spoke with Hood about her vision and desired outcomes of the Black Thriving Index and the Institute itself.

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Read the full interview at Detroit Is It