Despite Impossible

Season 4 Episode 3: Lauren Hood

Community Financial

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Today’s guest is Lauren Hood. Lauren is an expander of boundaries, someone who elevates what’s possible, and is always trying to maximize her potential. She is also an educator, a writer, a city planner, and a community developer with a focus on the imaginative capabilities of the arts. In 2021, she founded the Institute for AfroUrbanism (IAU), a research organization dedicated to strategic development and the ideation and enrichment of Black communities. This is Lauren’s story.