in the past and directly, I’ve been hesitant to talk about this part of my life and it has affected how I do this work and how much I pride myself on being transparent. Yet, I believe that this is the time to address this. I wrote a draft of this about 18 months ago, but I believe today is the day to bring this draft into the light.
By Kristen Jeffers
Essay/Kristen's Mind/media/mental health/migration/Money and the City/Moving and Migration/placemaking/planning/Politics of Place/urbanism
Are There Really Too Many Planners in Certain Metro Areas?
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
By Kristen Jeffers
Black Experience/Career and Business Notes/City Life and Culture/Moving and Migration
The Continuous Quest to Mentaly Cope With Modern Civic Life as a Young Black Woman Professional
You can do this thing called life and you can do it in whatever city you need to as a young black professional. Why and how? I am. You may remember I asked this question of myself and of my home state back in 2014. What does one need to
