Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, addresses the Atlanta Neighborhood Summit. The Neighborhood Summit is a new, day-long event aimed at bringing together neighbors from across the region to discuss issues of mutual interest. The theme for this first annual event, Neighborhood Connections, Regional Voices, expresses the importance of strengthening neighborhoods while building a collaborative regional voice.
Angela Glover Blackwell is founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink. PolicyLink is a national policy research organization that partners with equity advocates around the country to lift up best practices and create policies that build a just and fair society. A renowned community building activist and advocate, Blackwell served as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation where she oversaw the Foundation's domestic and cultural divisions.