• new post: "Missing Priorities…"

    A new post up at Rooflines.org on the missing priorities of the new HUD/DOT Sustainable Comunities Initiative: At a US…

  • profile up on generationCONNECT

    The brand new site generationCONNECT’s goal is “to become the voice for Chicago’s young social change advocates.” I had the…

  • what NOLA needs

    New Orleans has been called “the city that care forgot”. In many ways, this unfortunate moniker is true. Until now,…

  • vote for my sis!

    My sister Emily is a fantastic make-up artist and a member of the Sephora Pro Beauty Team. Check out her…

  • incredible honor

    Change.org’s Social Entrepreneurship blog named me one of “Five Social Innovaters Who Would Make MLK Proud”: Dr. Martin Luther King…

  • new post: "It's a Dirty Job…"

    From Rooflines.org: For the first 38 minutes, it almost sounded like the Senators pitied him. The Senate’s Committee on Banking,…

  • 2008 travel

    This was one crazy year – we were all over the place. View justin & abbie 2008 travel in a…

  • Government Speak

    Sometimes, government speak is almost unbelievable. Take, for example, the below e-mail that was recently sent to applicants to the…

  • new post: "Reading the Tea Leaves: How Obama's HUD Transition Team Might Reshape HUD"

    From Rooflines.org, where I am a guest blogger: Through Change.gov, the public is being offered a first-ever opportunity to peek…

  • two new projects

    I’ve been hard at work for the past few weeks on two new projects: IntegrationAgenda.org is a resource on policies,…