If cities or even neighborhoods have self esteem, what would the self esteem of the inner city be? On this episode of the 53206 Cast, Meg and Alex dive into the topic of macro self esteem and give some practical advice to helping create a greater level of self esteem within our poorest and most marginalized places. 

Meg and Alex are excited to have on their first guests ever to the 53206 Cast. Not only are Phil and Ashley Frahm family, they are former residents of 53206 and currently live in the inner city of Milwaukee too. The four talk about perceptions around living in an inner city neighborhood and talk about how they arrived at the decision to live in a place very different than where they were from. 

One of the best ways to work against systemic inequity is to pay attention for situations where one group is left out more predictably than your own. Meg and Alex tackle how this impacts the inner city and give some practical advice on how you can work toward creating a more equitable society on this episode of the 53206 Cast. 

Like in many inner cities, the neighborhoods in 53206 experience traumatic events at a predictably higher rate than other places outside of our cities. On this episode of the 53206 Cast, Meg and Alex sit down and talk trauma and how traumatic events can impact children's ability to be successful in school. 

In part 2 of Meg and Alex's conversation around their house being broken into, Meg processes through the feeling of being a bad mother for putting her children in a situation where they were more likely to be the victim of a crime. 

On this episode of the 53206 Cast, Meg and Alex process through their house being broken into. The two spend some time talking about the differences in living in an area with high concentrations of poverty and the correlation with assuming you'll be the victim of a crime simply because you live in the inner city.

Need is everywhere. In 53206 the needs are pervasive, but meeting those needs in the moment they prevent themselves can be the challenge. On this week's episode of the 53206 Cast, Meg and Alex share an example of attempting to meet a need, a need which highlights the disparity in resources found in our inner cities. 

Meg and Alex use the design thinking process to lay out what they think are three themes for social change and offer suggestions for how to engage with that change.

There's a ton of pain and tragedy in the inner city, but part of rethinking these spaces is seeing the positives of life here. On this episode of the 53206 Cast, Meg and Alex talk through one positive aspect of living in the poorest zip code in Wisconsin.