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Five Things to Know About Preemption in the South

The SEAP Team • December 9, 2025

A look at abusive preemption and how it is used to slow Southern progress in housing affordability and economic stability
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Why We Built Place and Progress

The SEAP Team • November 13, 2025

We set out to make national datasets more accessible and meaningful for our partners across the South. The result is Place and Progress, a dashboard built to help communities better understand how funding, need, and resilience come together to shape local opportunity.
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A Green Future Led By Black Churches

The SEAP Team • April 30, 2025

Economic Recovery Corps fellow Fenika Miller has spent the past year working with Southern Black churches to help them see possibility in using federal dollars to invest in clean energy.

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What to Know About Data in the South in 2026

The SEAP Team ● January 15, 2026

Five things to know about the current state of Southern data ecosystems, why it matters, and how we can strengthen it this year.

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Five Things to Know About Preemption in the South

The SEAP Team ● December 9, 2025

A look at abusive preemption and how it is used to slow Southern progress in housing affordability and economic stability

Articles

Why We Built Place and Progress

The SEAP Team ● November 13, 2025

We set out to make national datasets more accessible and meaningful for our partners across the South. The result is Place and Progress, a dashboard built to help communities better understand how funding, need, and resilience come together to shape local opportunity.

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Southern Voices: Reflections on Five Years of Community-Centered Data Projects

The SEAP Team ● September 25, 2025

Everyone belongs in policymaking conversations and have released a report highlighting what we’ve learned through years of community-centered data projects.

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Lawmaker Q & A: Representative Phil Olaleye

The SEAP Team ● July 30, 2025

We asked Georgia State Representative Phil Olaleye about how citizen engagement shapes his work

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Introducing Pro Bono Help for Southeast Disaster Recovery Grants

The SEAP Team ● July 28, 2025

Free grant writing & strategy support for Southern organizations seeking disaster recovery funds

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From Policy to Possibility: Southern Lessons from the Community Change Grant

The SEAP Team ● June 20, 2025

This report draws on insights from over 50 stakeholders on how this grant opportunity galvanized Southern leaders.

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