On the left, an empty city lot full of dirt, surrounded by homes and fenced off, on the right, the words this week on Defying Gentrification

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 we are given positions of power, and to do our best to not let it kill us, and honor the memories of those that we have lost to the system despite being in its power structure.

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Here are some of the  things I referenced on the episode: 

The Assembly article on Yolanda  Hill shuttering her organization helping childcare facilities to receive federal funds so her husband could look more Republican as he runs to be the first Black governor of North Carolina. — https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/yolanda-hill-mark-robinson-nonprofit/ 

Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s full  remarks at Spelman College — https://youtu.be/j_12_E3LAeg?si=nQi9Rl39Wv0L3Gzz

ABC News report on the legacy and the tragedy of Dr. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFUfKVI53fs&t=1s  

My tweet on the depression that comes from reading bad news for a living, even when you have supportive people  helping you do so — https://x.com/blackurbanist/status/1780308203768590823 

The full article from the Inclusive Historian’s Handbook on urban renewal — https://inclusivehistorian.com/urban-renewal/#:~:text=Urban%20renewal%20is%20the%20process,HUD)%20grant%20and%20loan%20program 

History of the Warnersville neighborhood — https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/planning/learn-more-about/historic-preservation/heritage-communities/warnersville#:~:text=Named%20for%20Pennsylvania%20Quaker%20Yardley,them%20available%20to%20%22freedmen.%22 

The Amendment Podcast episode on Representation for  the Cherokee Nation — https://19thnews.org/2024/04/errin-haines-the-amendment-podcast-kim-teehee/ 

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You can also find Kristen @blackurbanist or @kristpattern.

And on Mondays at noon, you can ask me anything about gentrification live

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