I never thought I would ever live or work outside of Greensboro again. I’ve always felt like if I wasn’t there that the city wouldn’t figure out how to fix itself. That if my work didn’t have a connection to home or if it wasn’t respected at home, then it was completely worthless. That if … Continue reading Letting Go Of Being a Hometown Heroine And Embrancing My Role as an American Expat in America.
This is a special preview edition of The Black Urbanist Daily. The Black Urbanist Daily will feature Kristen’s Black Queer Feminist Urbanist commentary on one key issue every weekday. Expect these to appear in your inbox after work hours, but be ready for you to read first thing in the morning. Want to keep receiving … Continue reading The Black Urbanist Pilot Daily for November 2, 2021
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. This week, I’m reflecting on a 2012 post I made about gratitude … Continue reading Revisiting Gratitude for a Country Road (And All of You)
Recently, I was made aware of and responded to this series of threads on Twitter, that among my colleagues in the D.C. area, there’s a concern over how many practitioners of place, especially planners, exist in the metro area and how many folks want to be planners by name, versus just doing the work in many … Continue reading Are There Really Too Many Planners in Certain Metro Areas?
