Interviews: Lived Experience

Interviews: Lived Experience foregrounds the people involved in equitable change. Questions revolve around their perceptions of the world, their ideas of how change happens, and how they see their journey in relation to action for equitable change.

Doreen Abubakar – Community Placemaking Engagement Network (CPEN)

Doreen Abubakar is the Founder and Executive Director of Community Placemaking Engagement Network (CPEN), a nonprofit organization located in New Haven, Connecticut that aims to improve communities from the inside out by investing in community assets.

Abubakar’s work focuses on addressing the challenges and problems that urban communities in New Haven face, focusing on the Newhallville community in particular.

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