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Let’s Make Some Wishes, 2023 Edition

Hey y’all, Kristen here and this is my monthly newsletter. I used to write longer ones, but if you’ve read any of the past few issues, you’ll know that this year has been a transitional year in my ability to write. However, I always have a story to tell and in December, I always make… Continue reading Let’s Make Some Wishes, 2023 Edition

In defiance of gentrification

Welcome to my monthly newsletter for November of 2023. If this is your first time here, I’m Kristen Jeffers, a Greensboro, NC-born, Southwest Washington, DC resident who is proudly Black, queer, feminist, chronically ill and an urbanist. For over 13 years I’ve brought my expertise in media, urban planning, nonprofit management, and being a decent… Continue reading In defiance of gentrification

Seven Years a Washingtonian (ish)!

Welcome back to The Black Urbanist Weekly. I’m Kristen (she/they), a DC-based born-and-raised North Carolinian, who’s proudly Black, Queer, Feminist, Dynamically Disabled, and Urbanist.  This is a freemium newsletter, where subscriptions open up comments and archives, delve deeper into policy descriptions, and get more information about my favorite pieces of pop culture. However, scholarships exist! Reply… Continue reading Seven Years a Washingtonian (ish)!

I came home, and it was still there.

This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E.  Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner,  fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. If you’re new here, we usually have six sections:… Continue reading I came home, and it was still there.

It all started with the media.

Thanks to Phil Vessey for capturing this moment of me warming up our panel crowd at CNU 31 in Charlotte exactly 30 days ago (June 1, 2023).

This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E. Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. If you’re new here, we normally have six sections:… Continue reading It all started with the media.

What I need from in-person conferences and convening in 2023

This is how I mean business when I go outside these days.

This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E. Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. If you’re new here, we normally have six sections:… Continue reading What I need from in-person conferences and convening in 2023

NC Fried Urbanism, Part 1

Very, very, very, very glad to be home after so long. Les took this and the video below on May 31, 2023 as we drove down to Charlotte to attend CNU 31.

This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E. Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. If you’re new here, we normally have six sections:… Continue reading NC Fried Urbanism, Part 1

I’m going home next week. He won’t be there, though.

I’m doing my first in-person talk in North Carolina since 2019 next week. And because it’s been ten years since we lost my dad, he won’t be there. However, I always think of the empty chair, among other things.

This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers for May 26, 2023, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E. Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. If you’re new here, we… Continue reading I’m going home next week. He won’t be there, though.

Some of my transit stories are magic

This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E.  Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner,  fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. If you’re new here, we have six sections: Story… Continue reading Some of my transit stories are magic

Medical cages, spiritual chains, and crowns of fear.

It was a cage. It’s still a cage.  But I’m breaking free. Photo by Travis Saylor via Pexels.

This is the May 12, 2023 edition of The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen E.  Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner,  fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email.  I want to… Continue reading Medical cages, spiritual chains, and crowns of fear.