I took for granted that I grew up in a place that saw itself as a refuge and that had abundance. Now, I’m seeking to create that everywhere I go, embracing that change is also growth. This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist … Continue reading Crafting a city of refuge
My urbanism is enough because we are an interconnected web of urbanisms. This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E. Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page … Continue reading In a Multiverse of Urbanisms, my Black Queer Feminist Urbanism is Enough
I can’t preach at y’all about moving from industry to collective without making my own pledges. This is how I intend to do it, with ease and with affirmation that I have the right answers already, this calendar year. This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black … Continue reading How I’m Actively Creating Collective from Industry in 2023
My relationship with the transportation industry is loads better than it used to be. It can still improve. The transportation industry can also eventually become the transportation movement and collective. This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen … Continue reading What I Learned Being “Outside” for the “Transportation Super Week” of 2023
This year, I’m embracing this platform as a journey first, destination second. This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E. Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page … Continue reading Affirming the Journey Over the Destination
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights I, Kristen Jeffers’s, Black Queer Feminist Urbanist commentary on one key issue every week. This week I’m dipping into my vault of prior posts and newsletters to celebrate Black History Month. This week, I’m revisiting my May 26, 2014 post on why I love … Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly for February 14-20, 2022
My name is Kermit The Frog and I’m sitting on a log Miss Piggy too She ain’t wearing no shoes We went to the mall On a Saturday We ain’t have Nowhere to play I’ve chosen to open this week’s newsletter with an untitled blues song created by my late father, Sam Jeffers, one Saturday … Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly #5–Mall Madness
Welcome to the tenth Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. It is November 17, 2018 and I don’t think we really had a fall. Upper 60s and low 70s for Halloween night, and then this snow thing that several of us have had now. I was laughing at Kansas City until Thursday morning when I still had … Continue reading Jobs, Opportunities and Funding as of November 17, 2018
Hello folks. This is the 5th Jobs, Opportunities and Funding Dispatch. It’s October 11, 2018 and I’m here a day earlier than promised because several of the jobs listed here are closing on Friday and I have one that’s double recommended! Plus, the planet is going through climate change and I know a lot of … Continue reading Jobs and Opportunities and Funding as of October 11, 2018
Yes, this is activism. Not the only kind, but enough of a kind. Last newsletter I spoke about the thunder and lightening of anxiety and depression. I’ve done this before, but the recent celebrity ones made me want to dig in a bit more. This letter, I want to speak to one key thing that … Continue reading Weekly Newsletter–Week of June 26, 2018– Media Allied
