HAANDS

we're working to preserve, enhance and elevate historic African-American neighborhoods and commercial districts | #HAANDS

[HAANDS @_haands]

Re-connect with us this year! Register for one of our virtual networking meetings at https://t.co/VSxHdJrlZm.

[Boston Ujima Project @UjimaBoston]

Congrats @DotFoodCoop on the grand opening ! Great to witness such a milestone for the Dorchester community 🥳

[National Bankers Association @NatBankers1927]

August is #NationalBlackBusinessMonth, we recognize and support Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs nationwide.

The @NatBankers1927 Foundation recognizes that minority owned and women owned businesses make #communities stronger. 💼

Learn more: https://t.co/XQmcDo0rBw

[HAANDS @_haands]

#HappyJuneteenth

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1865, after white Southerners had extended the enslavement of countless Black people by concealing the Civil War’s end for months, Union troops arrived in Texas. #Juneteenth https://t.co/AlNI2ZeamE

[HAANDS @_haands]

Congrats to all recipients and @tanyadebose @indheightstx!
https://t.co/UPQohpavfJ

[Isaac Kremer, MSARP @IsaacKremer]

Wonderful to hear stories about how Historic African American Neighborhood District Summit is organizing to lead with community first, to love neighborhoods and not mistreat them. @MainStreetsConf @_haands @SweetAuburnWork @urbanimpactbhm @SavingPlaces

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Like many Black property owners in Chicago, all of Hansberry’s buildings were eventually appropriated through eminent domain during the urban renewal and highway projects of the 1950s and 60s. His buildings where located in Bronzeville, known as the prosperous “Black Metropolis."

[HAANDS @_haands]

#Day1 recap of #HAANDS22!
Keynotes: @ChristopherCoes & @BrentLeggs
Speakers: @tanyadebose @NedraDeadwyler @Urban_Main @WestEnd704 @guildatl @ANDACCESSretail @HDDCCommunity @CandyTate_Emory Ed Bowen

[HAANDS @_haands]

Join us in #BIRMINGHAM this September for the summit held in #4thave and the #Civilrights district.

[HAANDS @_haands]

The heart and soul of DC's U Street/Black Broadway's--the historic Lincoln Theatre, aka "The Crown Jewel," circa 1950. "The Crown Jewel," and Ben's Chili Bowl, circa August 2022.

Submitted by @BlkBroadwayOnU
Shellee M. Haynesworth

#blackbroadwaydc #BlackHistoryMonth

[HAANDS @_haands]

@mitsmr @leoncprieto @DrSimonePhipps Excellent piece!

[Henry Louis Gates Jr @HenryLouisGates]

'Facilitating the Next Golden Age of Black Business'

A brilliant piece by @leoncprieto & @drsimonephipps for @mitsmr

https://t.co/CCrbKHjdKb

[Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites @civilrightsites]

Check out this @nytimes's article "8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History" featuring grantees of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund @SavingPlaces

https://t.co/a6OQJwdrr7

[Dee P. @drbtsplanning]

💚 go tap in and hear a little about I created blckspces/DRBTS & hear some knowledge from Ms. @tanyadebose about Houston!

Grateful for the feature and for @_haands allowing me to be apart of the space 🫶🏾

[Community Planning Collaborative @planningcollab]

Check out @_haands! Creating a network of historic Black neighborhoods and biz districts. https://t.co/NcJgHqcZaD Next summit Birmingham Fall 2023. Spotlight a neighborhood for #blackhistorymonth: https://t.co/C8KUwBbG0X

#historicpreservation #urbanplanning #culturalheritage

[HAANDS @_haands]

Happy Black History Month! We'd love share your #hood!

https://t.co/7RMWxdXanw

[HAANDS @_haands]

Join us for our first monthly virtual networking of the year! We'll talk post-conference, 2023 goals and ways you can engage this year. Follow others that have registered at https://t.co/VSxHdJrTOU.

[Brookings Metro @BrookingsMetro]

In a new report, authors offer five recommendations on how city leaders can support Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to improve Black commercial real estate ownership, including creating dedicated city funds for commercial real estate acquisition. https://t.co/QE3WofeGCF 1/3

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Aerial footage of Overtown, Miami before and after much of the neighborhood was bulldozed for the construction of I-95 in the 60s. Over 12,000 residents of the neighborhood were displaced for the highway, along with thousands more in subsequent "urban renewal" projects.