by Vella Stroot | May 7, 2024 | Blog
Over our 45 years working in neighborhood transformation, we’ve learned that narrative matters. Prevailing narratives can either shape, reinforce or shift accepted truths, widely held mental models and prevailing biases. And ultimately, narratives influence the...
by Vella Stroot | Oct 17, 2023 | Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court’s decision on June 29, 2023, effectively ending the consideration of race in college admissions in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. V. President And Fellows Of Harvard College, has had far-reaching implications. The ruling overturned a...
by Vella Stroot | May 1, 2023 | Blog
Using Different Strategies to Break Down Barriers When families face unbearable circumstances, decisions could cost someone years of progress. People FirstUSI leans into helping families overcome barriers they deem impossible to overcome, like trying to receive...
by Vella Stroot | Sep 27, 2022 | Bayshore Villas
Each year, tourists flock to Puerto Rico to enjoy the natural wonders, cultural and historical buildings, and 300 miles of coastline that boasts some of the most beautiful beaches Mother Nature has to offer. Even in 2020, with all that was happening in the world,...
by Vella Stroot | Jun 7, 2022 | Blog
The Cycle of Implicit Bias During the course of the day, our brains receive millions of bits of information to process. There would be no possible way to do this efficiently were it not for our subconscious mind which sorts information into categories, creates...
