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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000
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URL:https://sites.udmercy.edu/campusconnection/events/sacd-lecture-series/
SUMMARY:SACD Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:SACD will host Patrick Morrissy and Wayne Meyer on Wednesday\, 
 March 25\, for the next installment of its lecture series with a presentat
 ion titled Urban Neighborhoods: Strategic Intervention\, Stability\, and t
 he Power of Street-Level Practice. The talk is a street-level view of neig
 hborhood change rarely captured in textbooks.\n\nThe lecture will be held 
 in the Loranger Architecture Building Exhibition Space. A reception at 4:3
 0 p.m. will precede the lecture\, which begins at 5 p.m. All are invited 
 to this event.\n\nLed by Detroit Mercy alumnus Patrick Morrissy\, a pionee
 r in high‑impact urban neighborhood intervention\, this lecture will exp
 lore how HANDS\, Inc.\, a small\, disciplined nonprofit\, worked with neig
 hborhoods around Newark\, N.J. Morrissy and colleague Wayne Meyer will dis
 cuss how strategic property acquisition and resident‑centered community 
 engagement produced durable neighborhood stability. They will also outline
  how this work influenced property laws\, funding programs and community d
 evelopment finance and became the model for neighborhood stabilization wor
 k during the foreclosure crisis and remains relevant in Detroit today.\n\n
 Morrissy is the founder and former executive director of HANDS\, Inc.\, wh
 ere he pioneered a high-impact community development strategy that stabili
 zed and revitalized declining urban neighborhoods in the two cities that b
 order Newark\, N.J. Morrissy is also a founder and former editor of Shelte
 rforce\, the online publication for affordable housing and community devel
 opment practitioners and is the author of the 2025 book\, Staking Our Clai
 m: The Fight for Better Housing in the 1970s.\n\nMeyer is president of Bri
 ck By Brick Training &amp\; Development Corporation\, a nonprofit focused 
 on building generational wealth through affordable homeownership and commu
 nity-centered real estate investment. He served as president of New Jersey
  Community Capital\, where he led a transformative strategy benefiting mor
 e than 100\,000 individuals and families nationwide. At HANDS\, Inc.\, Mey
 er led a place-based revitalization effort that developed over 400 afforda
 ble housing units and catalyzed neighborhood stability and reinvestment.
LOCATION:Loranger Architecture Exhibition Space\, 4001 W. McNichols Road\, 
 Detroit\, Michigan\, 48221\, United States
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