Siyanna Mahan

We’ve all witnessed the classic civic welcome ritual. It usually involves a vibrant, multicolored banner outside a municipal building, a fresh stack of translated trifold brochures neatly arranged on a community center counter, and a enthusiastic press release celebrating "our growing multicultural fabric." It feels warm. It looks inclusive. It ticks the box for standard institutional equity requirements. But if you dig just an inch below the surface of most municipal integration strategies,...

I didn’t start Fair Ground because I had everything figured out. Hell, I still dont have it figured out. I did start it because I kept seeing the same thing over and over again. So many good ideas that never made it past the planning stage, and communities that deserved more than conversations.