Welcome to "The Creative Placemaking Podcast" hosted by Jordan Carter and Lynne McCormack! This podcast was created to honor folks using arts and culture to address systems of inequality and developing creative methods of eradicating said systems. The first episode of the “How To Do Creative Placemaking Podcast” features Afro-Urbanist, Lauren Hood. Reporting live from Detroit, Michigan, Lauren touches upon many topics during our conversation including her “community development awakening”, the cons of assimilating, and finding her way back to the culture. She also discusses the ways in which creative placemaking can sometimes miss the mark for black communities and offers solutions for these missteps. Join the LISC Creative Placemaking Team as we engage the brilliant mind of Lauren Hood!