This is The Black Urbanist Monthly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this monthly digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, CisFemme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my monthly column, the one that flaps open as you start browsing that coffee table… Continue reading NEWSLETTER SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: “Is Your City Is Your City Friendly to Black Queer Feminist Urbanists” Survey !
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Welcoming Black Futures– The Black Urbanist Monthly Jan. 2021/Feb. 2021
Starting tomorrow, we will enter our normal period of mass celebrations and acknowledgement of Black history. However, for those of us who have started to and always live our lives inside and out around the principle that Black lives, all of them, matter, this month is a challenge and a call to us to usher… Continue reading Welcoming Black Futures– The Black Urbanist Monthly Jan. 2021/Feb. 2021
I Still Have Wishes — The Black Urbanist MOnthly Dec. 2020 — Jan. 2021
This is The Black Urbanist Monthly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this monthly digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, CisFemme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my monthly column, the one that flaps open as you start browsing that coffee table… Continue reading I Still Have Wishes — The Black Urbanist MOnthly Dec. 2020 — Jan. 2021
The Black Urbanist Monthly Nov./Dec. 2020: Grateful to You for a Black Queer Feminist Urbanist Year
This is The Black Urbanist Monthly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this monthly digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, CisFemme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my monthly column, the one that flaps open as you start browsing that coffee table… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Monthly Nov./Dec. 2020: Grateful to You for a Black Queer Feminist Urbanist Year
The Black Urbanist Monthly October/November 2020: Tricks of Fear, Treats of Hope
This is The Black Urbanist Monthly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this monthly digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, CisFemme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my monthly column, the one that flaps open as you start browsing that coffee table… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Monthly October/November 2020: Tricks of Fear, Treats of Hope
I am queer.
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.
The Black Urbanist Monthly September–>October 2020: The Solution is In Front of You
This is The Black Urbanist Monthly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this monthly digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, CisFemme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my monthly column, the one that flaps open as you start browsing that coffee table… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Monthly September–>October 2020: The Solution is In Front of You
The Black Urbanist Monthly August 2020: Black Lives Matter– In Media and in Design
(Watch me share a version of these words above or you can skim and read the script I started with below, which has links to several of the things I talked about in the video). Hey folks. Kristen here and as I come to the end of another month and the end of another calendar… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Monthly August 2020: Black Lives Matter– In Media and in Design
I Been Knowin’, Seein’, Feelin’, Grievin’, Hurtin’…Healing? — The Black Urbanist Weekly #34
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this ideally weekly but realistically monthlyish digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, CisFemme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my weekly column, sitting on your proverbial print paper’s editorial page or as… Continue reading I Been Knowin’, Seein’, Feelin’, Grievin’, Hurtin’…Healing? — The Black Urbanist Weekly #34
The Black Urbanist Weekly #33 — What Should I Be Doing Right Now?
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this weekly digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, CisFemme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my weekly column, sitting on your proverbial print paper’s editorial page or as so many… Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly #33 — What Should I Be Doing Right Now?