Livability Library: Community Inclusion

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When the interstate highway system was created in the mid-20th century, the routes isolated or destroyed urban neighborhoods nationwide, particularly those with predominantly Black or poor

populations. Seven older adults who lived in those places share their memories and observations. Learn More

Communities (2024)A Place for Community Healing: Philando Castile Peace Garden (2023)A Celebration of LGBTQ+ 'Legacy Couples' (2023)AARP/NLC Webinar Video: "Connecting Older Adults to

Broadband" (2022)How to (Respectfully) Help a Community in Crisis (updated 2020)How Chess Can Reconnect a Community (2018)A Michigan City Receives a Solar Solution (2017)Project Videos: AARP

Community Challenge Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDSHousing That's Home for People With (or Without) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2025)A Home of

One's Own (2025)Parents are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children With Special Needs (2021)How to Create a Residential Community for Adults with I/DD (2021)Designing for People With

I/DD (2021)Finding a Forever Home for My Adults Son With Autism (2021) EXPERT INSIGHTSChristopher Coes on Equitable Development (2021)Odetta MacLeish-White, TransFormation Alliance, "Hold On

To Your Why" (2019)Carol Coletta, Memphis River Parks Partnership, "Invest in Change: Making Places That Work for Everyone" (2019)Webinar: The Future of Equitable, Walkable Communities

(2019)Webinar: Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (2019)Keith Benjamin, City of Charleston, South Carolina, Conference Presentation: 'Equity is a Tailored Strategy That Closes the Gap

Between Opportunity and Access' (2018)8 80 Cities: 'Rules' of Community Engagement (2018)Advice from the Friendly Streets Initiative (2016)Gil Penalosa, Founder of 8 80 Cities, Conference

Presentation (2015) HISTORYBefore the Highway (2023)Decades of Highway Construction and Community Destruction (2023)Before the Highway: Mayor Ken Welch, St. Petersburg, Florida (2023)Before

the Highway: Shirley Mixon Smith, Columbus, Ohio (2023)Before the Highway: Moses Freeman, Chattanooga, Tennessee (2023)Before the Highway: Marvin Rogers Anderson, Saint Paul, Minnesota

(2023)Before the Highway: Rose Childress, Houston, Texas (2023)Before the Highway: David Everett, Rochester, New York (2023)Before the Highway: Martin Pedraza, Rochester, New York

(2023)Video: Honoring Those Buried in a Historic Cemetery (2021) FREE PUBLICATIONSExploring Digital Equity Fact Sheet Series (2022) ACCESSIBILITYUniversal Design and Visitability Housing

Certifications (2021)Video: An Accessible Solution for Saco, Maine (2018)Building an ADA-Compliant ADU (2017)Old and New Challenges for People Who Have Vision and Hearing Impairments

(2017)Making Communities More Livable for People With Vision or Hearing Impairments (2016)   INSPIRING IDEASA Community Is Enabled Through the Reuse of Walkers, Wheelchairs and More

(2023)Why S

t. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis Cooks So Much Chili (2018)Lead by Example Reverse the Trend (2018)10 Tips to Help Businesses Engage With 'Kupuna' (2018)Hosting a Community Dinner for LGBT Older

Adults (2018)Lunching and Learning as 'Lunch Pals' (2018)How Block Parties Can Build Bridges (2016)An 'LGBT-Welcoming' Place to Call Home (2016)SAGECare Teaches Elder Care Providers How to

Foster a Welcoming Community (2016)   Q&A INTERVIEWSQ&A: Rena Bradley, Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center (2021)Q&A: Jonathan Pacheco Bell, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust

(2021)Q&A: Andy Toy, Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition (2020)Q&A: Mitch Silver, NYC Parks Commissioner (2014)Q&A: Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

(2014)Q&A: Rose Gowen, M.D., Commissioner, Brownsville, Texas (2014)   AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES AND EQUITYAge-Friendly Network Communities and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Atlanta, Georgia, and

Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Austin, Texas, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Honolulu, Hawaii, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly

Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly San Antonio,

Texas, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Tucson, Arizona, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly West Hollywood, California, and Equity (2021)Age-Friendly Wilton Manors, Florida, and Equity (2021)

Additional equity-related content can be found via the archives and landing pages for the AARP Community Challenge, the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities and AARP

International's Equity by Design: Global Dialogue and Equity by Design: Principles in Action series.

Additional equity-related content can be found via the archives and landing pages for the AARP Community Challenge, the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities and AARP

International's Equity by Design: Global Dialogue and Equity by Design: Principles in Action series.

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