Anakazi Center, Lusaka Chapter The shade of a beautiful tree, a calm breeze, and the vibrant, melodic chatter of inspiring women business owners?! That’s my kind of afternoon! In August, I traveled to Lusaka, Zambia and had the privilege to lead a “Plan Your Success” workshop for women business owners for the Anakazi Center for Women’s Empowerment and Development, an organization URG supports. “Anakazi” is a Zambian term that means woman or sister. The workshop was a component of the Center’s passionate work to facilitate the economic and social empowerment of African women through business development and advocacy. […]

Urban Rising Group Supports Participatory Budgeting in City of Long Beach District 9 Participants listening to presentation from break-out session What happens when civic engagement and a forward-thinking elected official combine? Participatory budgeting! Participatory budgeting (PB) is an emerging governance paradigm that places the ‘electorate’ in the driver’s seat of [...]

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action. ~~Ralph Ellison, Novelist, Literary Critic and Scholar   Here at Urban Rising Group, we have been undergoing a hibernation period to ensure we provide clients and colleagues with the most useful services and information--and an energized leader! Pausing to reflect [...]