Jackson Reset: A Roadmap for Moving from Crises to Rebuilding and Recovery—and Hope (2023)

About: A community report prepared by The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation for the Community Foundation for Mississippi.

Author: Richard C. Harwood 

Publish Date: 2023

Description: With Jackson in the grips of profound and compounding crises and stress—when trauma is both acute and chronic—how can the community fix things? Given the sheer magnitude of the challenges and crises at play—and the rising noise of people arguing over what to do—this question can seem overwhelming. Where to start?

But here’s a different question: What steps can Jackson, and other communities, proactively take to rebuild and recover—and regain hope? This question opens the way to a more practical, doable path forward.