1. Read Uprooted: Residential Displacement in Austin’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods and What Can Be Done About It by The University of Texas at Austin (pg 14 – 46)
   •  Part 1 – Background on Gentrification and Displacement
   •  Part 2 – Identifying and Mapping Gentrifying Neighborhoods in Austin
2. Read Austin American Statesman’s series of articles, Inheriting Inequality.
   •  The price of wider gaps and weaker links
   •  Austin’s history of discrimination threatens its future
   •  How Austin isolated Latinos with a unique form of segregation
   •  Scroll down the main page to the maps showing the History of Austin’s racial divide.
3. Read the Housing portion of the Mayor’s Task Force on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities (pg 17-27)
4. Read the 2019 CAN Dashboard Report.
5. Review Austin’s Prosperity Now Scorecard with comparison to the state and country.  Make sure to look at the different issues, especially Homeownership & Housing and  the charts by race. You can also compare data to other cities or look at other location’s scorecards.
6. Read Clarksville and Wheatville were not Austin’s only freedmen towns to learn about Austin’s 15 freedmen communities.
7. Read Dr. Eric Tang’s briefing, Outlier: The Case of Austin’s Declining African-American Population.
8. Watch Austin Revealed: A Tale of Two Cities to hear from some City of Austin black leaders on the 1928 Masterplan and gentrification. Less than 2 minutes
9. Read ULI Austin’s white paper, Community Land Trusts – Permanent Affordable Housing for Central Texans to learn more about local use of Community Land Trusts.
10. Read Austin Justice Coalition, Complete Communities: AJC’s Response to the Land Development Code Revision for their recommended modifications to the LDC to protect communities vulnerable to displacement.
11. Study the Redlining Map of Austin.
    •  Plan a route to do a driving tour tomorrow to study a red-lined neighborhood on the map.
    •  Take time to read the introduction to understand the color codes.
    •  Curious how other cities compare? Check out more work from the University of Richmond.
12. Drive, bike or walk around a red-lined neighborhood. Ask yourself these question:
    •  Can you still observe the impact of the redlining maps?
    •  What do you notice?
    •  How would you describe the infrastructure (parks, schools, food, etc)?
    •  How accessible is the neighborhood to jobs, connectivity, schools, and/or greenspace?
    •  Is there a sense of arrival? Is it welcoming?
    •  How does this impact our larger community?
13. Attend a Discussion Group (Must register to participate): Join other challenge participants in a forum to share learnings and ideas for actionable change:

Virtual Happy Hour
Thursday, November 5, 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Virtual Coffee Chat
Friday, November 6, 8:30 – 9:30 am

Extra Resources (These resources were a little long to recommend in a 21 day challenge but are very important and relevant to our industry.):

1. Read the City of Austin Strategic Housing Blueprint section, “What is the Need?” (pg 6-14) for background information on Austin’s Affordable Housing Crisis. Continue reading to learn the City’s identified goals and action items (optional).
2. Read the Austin Strategic Housing Blueprint Implementation Plan.
3. Read ULI Austin’s Affordability Strategic Council Comments on the Implementation Plan.