Last month, Brookings Metro, formerly the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, turned 25. Since Brookings Metro’s conception in 1996, America’s cities and urban communities have changed dramatically. On this episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, metropolitan experts discuss how America’s local communities have changed, where things stand at this crucial moment in time amid generational federal investment, and what it will take in the future for every community in America to be prosperous, just, and resilient.
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Commentary
PodcastBrookings Metro at 25: Building a more prosperous, just, and resilient future
Jade Arn,
Jade Arn
Director of Engagement
- Brookings Metro
Alan Berube,
Alan Berube
Interim Vice President and Director
- Brookings Metro
@berubea1
Molly Kinder,
Molly Kinder
Fellow
- Brookings Metro
@MollyKinder
Amy Liu,
Amy Liu
Interim President
- The Brookings Institution
@amy_liuw
Mark Muro,
Mark Muro
Senior Fellow
- Brookings Metro
@markmuro1
Joseph Parilla,
Joseph Parilla
Senior Fellow & Director of Applied Research
- Brookings Metro
@joeparilla
Andre M. Perry,
Andre M. Perry
Senior Fellow
- Brookings Metro
@andreperryedu
Jenny Schuetz, and
Jenny Schuetz
Senior Fellow
- Brookings Metro
@jenny_schuetz
Fred Dews
Fred Dews
Multimedia Project Manager
- Office of Communications
@publichistory
December 17, 2021