This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen Jeffers, internationally known urban planner, designer, analyst, keynote speaker, media maven, and fiber artist. This week is a sample of when I turn my Black Queer Feminist Urbanst lens on a few current… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly for March 14-20 2022
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The Black Urbanist Weekly for March 7-13 2022
then acting in a Black Queer Feminist Urbanist framework, even if that’s not exactly who they are.
Revisiting Defining Myself for Myself: Creating a Black Queer Feminist Urbanism
The world is different for Black Queer Feminist Urbanists. The world is different for each and every human being. Planning for and embracing those differences is a key to healing our civic and regular inferiority complexes.
The Black Urbanist Weekly for February 21-27, 2022
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 and next, I’m revisiting the Civic Inferiority Complex. I’m also thankful for… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly for February 21-27, 2022
The Black Urbanist Weekly for February 14-20, 2022
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
The Black Urbanist Weekly for February 7-13 2022
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights Kristen Jeffers’s(that’s me’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. Below, you’ll find my post from June 23, 2013 — The Common Man’s… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly for February 7-13 2022
I Am a Black (Queer) Press and I Will Press On
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights Kristen Jeffers’s Black Queer Feminist Urbanist commentary on one key issue every week. This week, I’m going to tell you the story of how I came to accept that I am a Black queer press and embrace my storytelling gifts and ability to own… Continue reading I Am a Black (Queer) Press and I Will Press On
The Black Urbanist Weekly for the Week of January 24th-30th 2022
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights Kristen Jeffers’s Black Queer Feminist Urbanist commentary on one key issue every week. This week Kristen is taking us back to her very first neighborhood and the first time she met the concept of a community center. Community centers do exist, do provide lots… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly for the Week of January 24th-30th 2022
The Black Urbanist Weekly for the Week of January 17th-23rd 2022
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights Kristen Jeffers’s Black Queer Feminist Urbanist commentary on one key issue every week. This week Kristen is admitting that she needs to take a breather on the journey because collective healing must happen, but she has to heal within first. I will heal from… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly for the Week of January 17th-23rd 2022
The Black Urbanist Weekly for January 10th-16th 2022
THIS WEEK IN THE NEWSLETTER
Transit fares will be obsolete. The question is, will those who have the authority to make that happen smoothly do the math and start that process, rather than put all the onus on riders.