ReCity Network Events

The ReCity Events is a monthly speaker series that uses the power of story-telling to spotlight community leaders who are tackling complex social issues through innovation and collaboration.

Art can be a powerful medium for change. It can educate—raising awareness of past or present injustices. It can empower—lifting up voices of those living in the margins. It can restore—providing creative outlets to survivors of trauma, chronic and life-threatening illness, and abuse.

Monica Daye is the Executive Director of StandUp SpeakOut.

Art can be a powerful medium for change. It can educate—raising awareness of past or present injustices. It can empower—lifting up voices of those living in the margins. It can restore—providing creative outlets to survivors of trauma, chronic and life-threatening illness, and abuse.

Dr. Georgiary Bledsoe is the Executive Director of BUMP the Triangle.

Art can be a powerful medium for change. It can educate—raising awareness of past or present injustices. It can empower—lifting up voices of those living in the margins. It can restore—providing creative outlets to survivors of trauma, chronic and life-threatening illness, and abuse.

Alison Griffin is the Program Director for Arts for Life.

Durham is a city on the rise, but is that tide lifting all boats? Listen to part three of Accelerating Shared Prosperity, a community conversation featuring several local change-agents who are bridging the ownership divide and cultivating a Durham where everyone can thrive.

Keith Daniel and Thomas Droege are general partners of Resilient Ventures.

Durham is a city on the rise, but is that tide lifting all boats? Listen to part two of Accelerating Shared Prosperity, a community conversation featuring several local change-agents who are bridging the ownership divide and cultivating a Durham where everyone can thrive.

Geraud Staton is the Executive Director of The Helius Foundation.

Durham is a city on the rise, but is that tide lifting all boats? Listen to part one of Accelerating Shared Prosperity, a community conversation featuring several local change-agents who are bridging the ownership divide and cultivating a Durham where everyone can thrive.

Felipe Witchger and Merald Holloway are the Co-Founders of the Community Purchasing Alliance.

Listen to local entrepreneur Cecilia Polanco as she shares her personal journey launching So Good Pupusas--Durham's first social justice food truck--and learn how she's using her business to rewrite the immigrant story in Durham one pupusa at a time!

How does our way of life in Durham change when we know its story? Watch DurhamCares Executive Director Reynolds Chapman share how encountering the sacredness of a place, its people, and its story transforms our lives and our communities.

ReCity Network is proud to celebrate our two year anniversary with Mayor Steve Schewel as he casts a vision for the future of social impact in Durham.

Building resilience

Join Dr. Wanda Boone of Durham TRY as she shares the keys to overcoming toxic stress and casts vision for building resilient youth and resilient communities.

when Helping Is Hurting

Durham has over 4,500 non-profits, but having a 501(c)3 certification does not mean that an organization is impactful or needed. Join a conversation with Julie Wells of Partners for Youth Opportunity about how non-profits must prove their worth and how funders and volunteers must be willing to hear the truth about the best ways to support non-profits.

Mass Incarceration and Mass Employment

Over 70 million people in the US have a record. That's nearly 1 in 3 adults. Unfortunately, being released presents a whole new set of obstacles, perhaps none more difficult than securing and keeping stable employment. 

Come hear from Juan Nelson about how StepUp Durham is building bridges to opportunity for our justice-involved neighbors and how you can help them close the gap!

Adding equity to entreprenuership

Durham is a city on the rise, but is the rising tide truly lifting all boats? Learn from serial entrepreneur and innovator Geraud Staton about how The Helius Foundation is intentionally adding equity into the entrepreneurial ecosystem and building pathways to prosperity for all.

The Gentrification question

Learn from Housing for New Hope's Olive Joyner as she shares from her unique experience leading the fight against homelessness in Durham. Find out what we can do to solve the affordable housing crisis and ensure gentrification happens with justice for all.