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AITF 2025 Fellows - Request for Applications
The Anchor Institutions Task Force (AITF) is seeking applications for the second cohort (the current cohort includes five…
AITF Update - May 2022
Dear AITF Members: Welcome to this May issue of 2022 AITF News. As usual, feel free to share your thoughts on how AITF can be a useful resource.
December 2021 - Anchor Institutions Task Force Update
December, 2021 AITF Highlights Welcome to this December issue of AITF News. As usual, feel free to share your thoughts on how AITF can be a useful resource.
May 2021 - Anchor Institutions Task Force Update
Dear AITF Members:
Please note that this is the last chance for submissions for the 2022 cohort of the Anchor Fellows…
WEBINAR Recording: Anchor Institutions and Public Policy Toward Just and Equitable Communities
During this webinar, we discussed our latest AITF policy brief, Pursuing Just and Equitable Communities, and the roles of anchor institutions in local communities especially during the COVID-19 pandemic
WEBINAR (April 19): Panel Announcement - Anchor Institutions and Public Policy Toward Just and Equitable Communities
We’re pleased to announce that Kinnard D Wright (HUD) and Tanisha Jumper (City of Tacoma, Wash.) will be joining Dr David Maurrasse on April 19, 2021 at 1:00 PM ET for our webinar discussing our latest policy brief Anchors and Public Policy Toward Just and Equitable Communities.
April 2021 - Anchor Institutions Task Force Update
The importance of anchors to the future of communities has never been clearer. As we have been demonstrating since the onset of the pandemic, hospitals, universities, and…
WEBINAR (April 19): Anchor Institutions and Public Policy Toward Just and Equitable Communities
This webinar will feature representatives from U.S. Federal agencies and local policymakers discussing creative community and economic development strategies in challenging times.
March 2021 - Anchor Institutions Task Force Update
As you know, policy advocacy is a growing aspect of the Anchor Institutions Task Force’s work. This must be the case, given the magnitude of need.
January Anchor Institutions Task Force Update
The first few weeks of 2021 have been eventful to say the least. So much of the world has been defined by a traumatic and deadly pandemic that continues to define our existence…
AITF 2022 Fellows - Request for Applications
The Anchor Institutions Task Force (AITF) is seeking applications for the second cohort (the current cohort includes five…
AITF Tenth Anniversary Conference
Join the AITF in New York City, October 24 & 25, 2019! See the full agenda for a complete list of sessions and speakers, including the Opening Plenary Keynote by Andrew Delbanco, President of the Teagle Foundation.
Annual AITF Conference, November 15 & 16, 2018
The Anchor Institutions Task Force (AITF), a growing network of around 700 leaders promoting the engagement of anchor institutions in community and economic development, is holding its Annual…
AITF 2013 Literature Review
The AITF has just finished their 2013 Anchor Institutions Literature Review, which assesses the growing body of research and writing on anchor institutions.