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roshun austin

@Roaaustin

President/CEO of the Works, Inc.

 Memphis, Tennessee
Joined September 2013
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BTH: Old Northside High School to Become Multipurpose Building wknofm.org/behind-the-headli…

BTH: Old Northside High School to Become Multipurpose Building

This week on Channel 10’s Behind the Headlines President and CEO of The Works, Inc., Roshun Austin, and Founder and President of Comcap Partners, Archie Willis III, join host Eric Barnes and Daily...

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youtube.com/watch?v=kke0Pp3y… #rebuild #restore #renew #communitybuilding #greatawakening
A Great Awakening for Building Community | Roshun Austin | TEDxMemphis

A Great Awakening for Building Community | Roshun Austin | TEDxMemphis

NOTE FROM TED: This talk only reflects the speaker’s personal belie...

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Shay Arthur@ShayA_WREG312 Oct 2022
This is cool! @worksinc opened Mobile Food Grocery today. It’s a mobile grocery store with affordable food and produce that will visit food deserts throughout Memphis. This afternoon it was parked in historic Klondike Smokey City. Story at 5 p.m. tonight on @3onyourside
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary
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NPI Memphis@NPIMemphis28 Jul 2022
We’re at Sexton Community Center getting feedback from Klondike residents about health and wellness programming and discussing plans for Northside. We can’t wait to read these survey results!
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NPI Memphis@NPIMemphis3 Jun 2022
From bounce houses to health screenings to other community resources, guests were treated to a nice day at the soon to be reimagined Northside High. storyboardmemphis.org/commun…
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I'm excited to present our research on housing devaluation at the @festinteconomia in Torino, Italy. Here is some background for today's presentation. The devaluation of assets in Black neighborhoods brook.gs/2Ad4ICL via @BrookingsInst
The devaluation of assets in Black neighborhoods | Brookings

The devaluation of assets in Black neighborhoods | Brookings

Owner-occupied homes in Black neighborhoods are undervalued by $48,000 per home on average, amounting to $156 billion in cumulative losses.

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NPI Memphis@NPIMemphis31 May 2022
“Reforestation hubs” are saving urban trees from landfills by finding new ways to repurpose the wood, which reduces urban wood waste, saves money, helps increase forest cover, and most importantly, keeps carbon out of the environment. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/r…
“Reforestation Hubs” Are Saving Urban Trees From Heading to Landfills

“Reforestation Hubs” Are Saving Urban Trees From Heading to Landfills

Did you know that the US is losing 36 million trees every year? Several organizations have stepped up with creative solutions to save the wood, reduce carbon emissions and create jobs.

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Join us in one hour for a panel discussion in partnership with @TernerHousing on Changemaker Stories in advancing equity in the housing market. Speakers include: Roshun Austin @Roaaustin @worksinc Sam Prater, @LARoomandBoard Register here: bit.ly/3LCdMDF
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Join us for a panel discussion in partnership with @TernerHousing: "(Re)designing the housing market: Changemaker Stories" on May 26 at 4 pm ET. Speakers include: Roshun Austin, @Roaaustin, @worksinc Sam Prater, LA Room and Board Register here: bit.ly/3LCdMDF
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Join us for a panel discussion in partnership with @TernerHousing on Changemaker Stories in advancing equity in the housing market on May 26 at 4pm EST. Speakers include: Roshun Austin @Roaaustin @worksinc Sam Prater, @LARoomandBoard Register here: bit.ly/3LCdMDF
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Join us for a panel discussion in partnership with @TernerHousing on Changemaker Stories in advancing equity in the housing market on May 26 at 4pm EST. Speakers include: Roshun Austin @Roaaustin, @worksinc Sam Prater, @LARoomandBoard bit.ly/3LCdMDF
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Tony Pickett@Tonypmc10 May 2022
Feeling incredibly grateful to have the brilliant @andreperryedu share his in depth research and knowledge with us all today! Our many network members, partners and funders in attendance were all inspired.
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Huge thanks to @andreperryedu for his dynamic keynote address to kick off #PolicyPracticePower and align us around the theme while discussing how #housing with lasting #affordability is a critical component for advancing changes in the market + advancing #racialequity.
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Stuart Yasgur@StuartYasgur3 May 2022
Join @andreperryedu and me in congratulating Roshun Austin on being a Spotlight Innovator of the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge! Listen to Roshun describe her work preventing displacement in North Memphis at @worksinc in the video below: #economicarchitecture
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.@Ashoka and @BrookingsInst recently partnered to launch the Valuing Homes in Black Communities challenge to foster structural innovations that can address systemic racism in the housing market, @andreperryedu notes in a new blog. brook.gs/3vlqzFO
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Join @andreperryedu and me in congratulating @Roaaustin, @worksinc for being a Spotlighted Innovator in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge! Roshun's innovation inclusively revitalizes Memphis’ Klondike neighborhood with zero displacement. #knowyourprice
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How can we (re)design the housing market for equity? Join @andreperryedu, @mhnickie, and myself in conversation with Bree Jones of @ParityHomes and Tamara Knox of @FrolicCommunity on April 19 at 4pm ET. Register at: bit.ly/38SbEdw #EconomicArchitecture #knowyourprice
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Doing an old fashioned overlay of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and the Redlining maps for Memphis, TN. It was by design. #bydesign #collusion #systemic
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NPI Memphis@NPIMemphis8 Apr 2022
Meeting with Klondike residents to discuss the future of their neighborhood is always a great way to connect! #MovingKlondikeForward
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Stuart Yasgur@StuartYasgur7 Apr 2022
Join @andreperryedu & I in congratulating @Roaaustin of @worksinc for advancing to the final stage of the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge! @Roaaustin works to revitalize the Klondike neighborhood in Memphis with zero displacement and permanent affordability.
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