Emmanuel Pratt presents Sweet Water Foundation | The World Around

Subscribe to The World Around for presentations from the world’s most exciting architects, designers, thinkers, and more. Emmanuel Pratt was awarded the MacArthur ‘Genius’ grant in 2019. He is an urban designer creating a model of resident-driven community development in neighborhoods that have suffered the effects of long-term disinvestment. Pratt is co-founder and executive director of the Sweet Water Foundation (SWF), a nonprofit organization based on Chicago’s South Side that engages local residents in the cultivation and regeneration of social, environmental, and economic resources in their neighborhoods. To find out more about The World Around's programming or to get in touch, visit https://www.theworldaround.com