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Brick, Grass (&) Steel

Brick, Grass (&) Steel

Written by: Roosevelt University
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A podcast exploring how the built environment can support equitable, sustainable and resilient communities. Episodes will address how physical spaces influence survival and recovery in the face of climate change and natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfire, as well as how redevelopment affects equitable rebuilding. Brought to you by the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University.

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Episodes
  • Decades of Dry Pipes

    Decades of Dry Pipes
    Oct 1 2026
    The Jackson, MS water crisis is a failure on multiple levels, but the people of Jackson have been fighting for a fix and to have a voice in that fix for decades. Please join the discussion with Abre’ Conner, Esq. of the NAACP and Brooke Floyd of the People’s Advocacy Institute to learn about the history, the fight to correct and the outcomes of the efforts to remedy a long-standing infrastructure failure. What can we learn from their work that we can apply to other challenges?

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Climate Adaptation/Climate Gentrification

    Climate Adaptation/Climate Gentrification
    Jun 1 2026
    Brick, Grass & Steel returns with a conversation about how cities can prepare for the impact of climate change – not “after the disaster” but, hopefully, in anticipation of it. Jesse Keenan, PhD, author of North, and Jane Gilbert, Miami’s first Chief Resilience Officer, talk about how communities can prepare and the challenges that go along with that effort.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Is rebuilding possible without displacement?

    Is rebuilding possible without displacement?
    Mar 10 2026
    Hurricane Katrina reshaped New Orleans — and reshaped how America thinks about disaster recovery. In this episode, Andrew Kopplin of the Greater New Orleans Foundation joins Collete English Dixon to reflect on the long shadow of Katrina, the realities of displacement, and the hard lessons about equitable recovery.

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    53 mins
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