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22 Feb, 2024

How it *Doesn’t Work

with Shawn Duncan & Jeff Delp
Season 5,
  Episode 2
Place Matters
Place Matters
How it *Doesn’t Work
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FCS has a mantra on the walls of our office – “We can do hard things.” This is there because just about everything we do is profoundly difficult. And it is challenging because the systems and structure were built to create the conditions we are trying to reverse. In our previous episode, we made the case of doing economic development at the scale of the neighborhood – being of, with, and for the neighborhood. Before we get into the nuts and bolts of how it does work, we felt it honest and important to start with how it *doesn’t work. There are sizeable barriers that you will face if you choose to join us on the path of holistic neighborhood development.

 

Show notes

Before we get into the nuts and bolts of how it does work, we felt it honest and important to start with how it *doesn’t work. There are sizable barriers that you will face if you choose to join us on the path of holistic neighborhood development.

Shawn Duncan, Director of The Lupton Center

Dr. Shawn Duncan is the Director of FCS’s Training and Consulting Division, The Lupton Center. Shawn comes to FCS from the nonprofit leadership sector with research and writing focused on pedagogies for social impact. In his previous careers he has focused on multi-sector coalition building for community impact, content and curriculum design, group facilitation, leadership development, and immigration reform advocacy. As the leader of The Lupton Center team, Shawn brings a visionary voice for innovation, a strategic mind for resource development, and the leadership acumen to support and equip the team for success. He loves being a part of a mission-driven team that finds joy in one another while doing such important work.

Jeff Delp, Director of Economic Development at FCS

Jeff Delp, Director of Economic Development, has been operating small businesses in Historic South Atlanta for more than a decade. He has been a resident of the neighborhood since 2001, and has been with FCS since 2009. Prior to his time with FCS, he started and operated two other local non-profit organizations in Atlanta. He is a graduate of Messiah College with Bachelor degrees in History and Political Science.

  1. For more information about the work of the Lupton Center, please visit our website: https://www.luptoncenter.org/
  2. For more information about the work of Focused Community Strategies, please visit our website: https://fcsministries.org/

Special thanks to our podcast editor, Tim Rhodes, for making this episode possible. If you are interested in working with Tim, you can contact him via email at tim@whistlingblue.com, or through his website, whistlingblue.com. If you have questions, feedback, or wish to contact us, please email Rose Silva at rose@fcsministries.org