Etiqueta: DFW
Diane Ragsdale: Toda una vida de organizando la comunidad en South Dallas
The Hon. Diane Ragsdale, who will turn 70 this year, has spent her entire life in South Dallas. Her story has been shaped by the neighborhood and, likewise, she has shaped her neighborhood in significant ways. She’s still fighting some of the same issues that led her to run for Council, and as a registered nurse, she approaches the systems as she would her patients — a belief in preventative medicine that will treat the underlying causes, not just the symptoms.
Cornerstone Baptist’s profitable nonprofit grocery store ‘creates dignity’ in South Dallas
Southpoint is proving to be a miracle in this sparsely populated South Dallas neighborhood between Al Lipscomb and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards. Access to healthy, affordable food has been among the top concerns for residents here.
Singleton United/Unidos: El nuevo barrio de la manzana
Janie Cisneros atribuye su activismo vecinal a la casualidad. Es la líder de Singleton United/Unidos, una asociación de vecinos de reciente creación en West Dallas, que lucha por un aire limpio y por la retirada de la antigua fábrica de tejas GAF de su barrio residencial. Cisneros creció en el barrio y regresó de adulta, […]
Las redacciones locales, las universidades y las organizaciones sin fines de lucro unen fuerzas para centrarse en la vivienda asequible en Dallas
Dallas Media Collaborative informará, compartirá contenido y organizará eventos, todo para investigar soluciones para abordar los desafíos de la vivienda asequible.
