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edwin g.

lindo

building the places our community can call home.

scholar. organizer. builder.

creating the gathering spaces our neighborhoods deserve.

on the work
i don’t build for recognition. i build because our community needs places that belong to us — places for memory, for learning, for shelter, for gathering.
edwin g. lindo
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homes in development for families who need them

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community spaces built from the ground up

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topics on race, place, and belonging

featured essay

community ownership as coming home

reparation is not a check. it is the return of place — the bookstore, the housing, the gathering space — to the people it was taken from.

edwin explores how community-owned places serve as a form of homecoming — not symbolic gestures, but the physical spaces that let a neighborhood be a neighborhood again.

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uw school of medicineuw school of lawseattle timeskuowthe strangersouth seattle emerald
speaking

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keynotes and workshops on race, place, community building, affordable housing, health equity, and the history we carry with us.

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community building

let’s build together.

coaching for people doing the work. development support for the places our communities need — from first vision to move-in day.

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