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Jorge Garza

Jorge Garza
Jorge believes in the power of places and the potential of communities to build regenerative futures. He joined the Vibrant Communities team as a Manager of Cities. Together with the Climate Transitions team, Jorge is supporting communities to localize the Sustainable Development Goals and advance a just and equitable climate transition. He brings a diverse background of experience in visual thinking, strategy development, program design and urban policy analysis inspired by his journey in the philanthropic, international development and nonprofit sectors. Twitter: @jgarza321
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Social regeneration and the fundamental principles toward activating regenerative communities

Posted by Jorge Garza on February 7, 2022

This blog post is adapted from a Medium piece published on December 6, 2021. Read the full story here.

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Small and mid-sized communities navigating through the climate crisis

Posted by Jorge Garza on December 13, 2021

Cities have a major role to play locally in response to the climate emergency and its repercussions by strengthening community resilience and developing innovative and more equitable ways to collaborate across sectors.

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Key takeaways from the SDGs Localization: From Recovery to Resilience workshop

Posted by Jorge Garza on September 24, 2021

On August 24, 2021, over 100 people joined us for a workshop to talk about approaches to localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – that is, taking global priorities and orienting them toward local outcomes.

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