This week’s letter is a page out of my journal. I know, many of you think that this is my journal and it used to be, but I do write some things for myself these days. However, when I finished writing this one, it felt too much like a post/letter to share, and here it… Continue reading Making my own way
Category: Podcast
[Podcast] Episode 7 — Resourcefulness and Reparations in North Carolina with Christine Edwards
This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Christine Edwards of Civility Localized, a Charlotte-based public engagement firm that is changing the game on so many levels. But most of all, this is an episode of two Black Southern women who are connected in some shape or form to North Carolina, talking about how we… Continue reading [Podcast] Episode 7 — Resourcefulness and Reparations in North Carolina with Christine Edwards
Kristen’s Personal Gentrification Defying Playbook: Defying Gentrification Episode 6
Happy Friday y’all. I spent some time this week on a solo episode talking about my personal needs to defy gentrification. My hot topic is something I’ve been boiling over for decades, teen curfews. Also, I apologize for the rough audio, I had to do another take and didn’t realize my mic wasn’t working well.… Continue reading Kristen’s Personal Gentrification Defying Playbook: Defying Gentrification Episode 6
On the nose…
Happy Sunday, y’all. It’s another fun time with me at the front porch, which is what I’m calling my essay posts these days, which you’ll see on Sundays. I started this email as a voice memo, which you can listen to below, and then afterward, read my more edited thoughts! I took a moment to… Continue reading On the nose…
Episode 5 of the Defying Gentrification Podcast: Talking Atlanta and Baltimore Gentrification and Community Development with Derek Moore
On this episode of Defying Gentrification, I, your host Kristen Jeffers, talk to our first guest, Derek Moore, who came by to talk about their experiences with land use and gentrification. Stay tuned to the end to hear what I did after having this conversation! Plus our hot topic this week is how the remaining… Continue reading Episode 5 of the Defying Gentrification Podcast: Talking Atlanta and Baltimore Gentrification and Community Development with Derek Moore
Episode 4- The Urban Renewal to Gentrification Pipeline
On this episode of Defying Gentrification, I, your host Kristen Jeffers (she/they) clarify that gentrification is not a remedy for urban renewal, it’s the continuation of urban renewal, land theft and seizure, forced assimilation, and redlining. And on my street corner this week, I urge Black women to answer the call for liberation, especially when… Continue reading Episode 4- The Urban Renewal to Gentrification Pipeline
The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 10–Gisla Bush–Gigi The Planner Wants To Help You Get a Planning Job!
I asked this question before, but in honor of this episode’s guest, I’m going to ask it again: Are there too many planners? Gisla Bush, also known as GiGi the Planner, and a self-described urban planning career promoter seems to think the answer is no and goes as far to say there aren’t enough black… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 10–Gisla Bush–Gigi The Planner Wants To Help You Get a Planning Job!
The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 9– Ashley Dash–Career Expert and Fellow American Expat in America
Sometimes what makes you appreciate new spaces and places is moving around and making those places for your career. My guest this episode, Ashley Dash grew up in the South, but also traveled the world at an early age as a military brat and to visit family. Because of her parent’s service in the military,… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 9– Ashley Dash–Career Expert and Fellow American Expat in America
The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 8–Ari Theresa, D.C.-Native Community Lawyer
This episode I traveled to sit on the stoop of Stoop Law, Ari Theresa’s community-based law firm. In this episode, we discussed his recent newsworthy turn, what kind of wealth communities really have, overcoming our childhood boredom and what he will always rep about being from D.C. Learn more about Stoop Law at www.stooplaw.com and… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 8–Ari Theresa, D.C.-Native Community Lawyer
The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 7–Dr. Richard Ezike– D.C. Based Transportation Equity Researcher and Fellow Wolfpacker!
Dr. Ezike and I started our conversation with the usual “elevator pitch” introduction, then because I could, I wanted to talk about N.C. State University, where we both did our undergraduate studies, because I could and because this episode is coming out on the eve of me attending my cousin’s commencement ceremony from N.C. State,… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 7–Dr. Richard Ezike– D.C. Based Transportation Equity Researcher and Fellow Wolfpacker!