“The Zuni Youth Enrichment Project (ZYEP) is devoted to helping youth develop resiliency on the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. Constructing a new youth center and park has long been one of the tribe’s key aspirations. The Zuni people realized they could amplify their impact by integrating Zuni art and culture into the planning, design and building of a new 2.5-acre park, H’on A:wan (of the people) Community Park, which opened to the public on September 29, 2018.

Meanwhile, Fairmount Park Conservancy (FPC) helps to restore and maintain Fairmont Park’s 2,000 acres, as well as 200 other neighborhood parks around Philadelphia. The conservancy focused its arts and culture efforts largely in Strawberry Mansion, a predominantly black, low-income neighborhood, adjacent to the park, with a rich cultural and architectural legacy. Strawberry Mansion residents are at a pivotal moment, as new investments in the neighborhood are on the horizon. FPC worked with arts collective Amber Art and Design to develop a “community catalyst” residency, which has fostered productive conversations about local cultural assets and residents’ role in, and pursuit of, equitable development.”