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Category: Weekly Newsletter
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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
Reclaiming my making and my voice
Welcome to Kristen’s Gentrification Defying Front Porch (KGDFP)! On Sunday afternoons/evenings, you’ll find this essay of the week, my art/fiberworks in progress, and some of my other favorite things, distinct from my Ask Kristen Anything reminders/recaps on Monday and podcast release announcements on Friday, but I’ll do a little bit of that at the bottom… Continue reading Reclaiming my making and my voice
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
Defying Gentrification Episode 3 — Why We Must Eradicate Gentrification
On the third episode of the Defying Gentrification podcast, I, your host Kristen Jeffers (she/they), spell out why we need to treat gentrification like a disease and eradicate it. But first, on our street corner, the hot topic is the need to call in our Black siblings who think that verbal transit and street harassment,… Continue reading Defying Gentrification Episode 3 — Why We Must Eradicate Gentrification
And here’s that new podcast!
Welcome to Defying Gentrification, Crafting Liberation, the newsletter of me, Kristen Jeffers. A Black, queer, feminist, disabled, urbanist elder millennial (born 1985) from Greensboro, North Carolina USA, who lives in Southwest Washington, DC. This newsletter is my personal letter opening you up to how I crusade for a better living environment and my love for… Continue reading And here’s that new podcast!
The State of My Union
The state of my union is good, but it could be great. Welcome to Defying Gentrification, Crafting Liberation, the newsletter of me, Kristen Jeffers. A Black, queer, feminist, disabled, urbanist elder millennial (born 1985) from Greensboro, North Carolina USA, who lives in Southwest Washington, DC. This newsletter is my personal letter opening you up to… Continue reading The State of My Union
The Journey to Defying Gentrification Starts Now
Welcome to Defying Gentrification, Crafting Liberation. This is the revamped and revised version of the newsletter formerly known as The Black Urbanist Weekly. Here, we now are committed to Defying Gentrification. We also believe in doing so with joy, so that’s where the crafting, the literal crafting comes from. Over the next few weeks, we… Continue reading The Journey to Defying Gentrification Starts Now
So I’ve been “cheating” on urbanism with fiber and I’ve made a decision
Hey, y’all. I have to confess something. I’ve been cheating on urbanism with my crocheting and fashion design. This will surprise no one who gets to see the bottom of my face these days, but this may surprise you. Longtime followers of me will know that I grew up in one of the original textile… Continue reading So I’ve been “cheating” on urbanism with fiber and I’ve made a decision