By Welcome back to The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m currently producing this weekly digital newsletter on my site, via email and various other places, to share my thoughts, my Black, Spiritual, Southern, Working-Class, Educated, Queer, Femme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as
The Black Urbanist Weekly #14– My Urbanist Wishes for 2020 and Beyond
Welcome back to The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m currently producing this weekly digital newsletter on my site, via email and various other places, to share my thoughts, my Black, Spiritual, Southern, Working-Class, Educated, Queer, Femme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as
The Black Urbanist Weekly #13– Really Revisiting My Book “A Black Urbanist”
Welcome back to The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m currently producing this weekly digital newsletter on my site, via email and various other places, to share my thoughts, my Black, Spiritual, Southern, Working-Class, Educated, Queer, Femme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as
The Black Urbanist Weekly #12– Five Years a Published Author in Traditional Form
Welcome back to The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m currently producing this weekly digital newsletter on my site, via email and various other places,to share my thoughts, my Black, Spiritual, Southern, Working-Class, Educated, Queer, Femme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my
The Black Urbanist Weekly #11– On Crafting and How It’s Helped Me Make and Keep Place
Welcome to The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m currently producing this weekly digital newsletter on my site and via email to share my thoughts, my Black, Spiritual, Southern, Working-Class, Educated, Queer, Femme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my weekly column, sitting
The Black Urbanist Weekly #10–Has Sesame Street Gentrified?
I’m asking this question, in particular, this week, because last Sunday, November 10th, Sesame Street celebrated its 50th anniversary. To be honest, for the folks at Sesame Workshop, the production company behind the long-running show, have been celebrating all year. They came by NPR back in the summer to be
The Black Urbanist Weekly #9– Revisiting What It Means for Me to Be a Sports Fan
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The Black Urbanist Weekly #8–The Real Goblins of Our Urban Lives
Welcome to The Black Urbanist Weekly. If it’s been a while since you’ve opened this or if you’re brand new, let me re-introduce myself. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m currently producing this weekly digital newsletter on my site and via email to share my thoughts, my Black, Spiritual, Southern,Working-Class, Educated,
The Black Urbanist Weekly #7–Is California Still Worth Dreaming About?
Welcome to The Black Urbanist Weekly #7. I’m trying something different this week by putting the introduction up at the top so that it won’t get lost in the meat of the newsletter. I reintroduced this newsletter as a place where I focus on one big idea a week, then several
The Black Urbanist Weekly #6- Head in the Clouds
I’m currently on the final leg of my “bonus” round trip to Los Angeles to work on amplifying the site with the wonderful folks of the Maynard Institute. I wanted to take a moment and reflect on how the airport, especially National Hall at Reagan Washington National Airport, is a slept
