As those of you accessing from the direct link can see, I’m all moved in. Still working out some kinks, but I am very happy to be at WordPress(and Blue Host). Also, if you see anything offensive in the Google ad links, let me know and I will see that those are taken down. Now … Continue reading My 2011 Wishes for the Urban Fabric
I can’t preach at y’all about moving from industry to collective without making my own pledges. This is how I intend to do it, with ease and with affirmation that I have the right answers already, this calendar year. This is The Black Urbanist Weekly with Kristen Jeffers, an email newsletter that highlights the Black … Continue reading How I’m Actively Creating Collective from Industry in 2023
This year, I’m embracing this platform as a journey first, destination second. 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 … Continue reading Affirming the Journey Over the Destination
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. This year, we are wishing and learning at the same … Continue reading Toward a Black Queer Feminist Urbanist Kwanzaa
I know they are sites of capitalism, but when I go to the mall, I’m there to find things I need to make my own tools of system dismantlement and comforts through the storm. As we re-examine many of these spaces, they will thrive only if we see them as extensions of our community care, … Continue reading Community Care at the Mall?
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. This year, we are wishing and learning at the same … Continue reading My Personal 2022 Wish-Lessons
This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen Jeffers, an internationally-known urban planner, fiber designer, and contributing editor. Think of this as an editorial page column, but directly in your email. This week, how you should be gifting and sharing this … Continue reading Introducing the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist Gift Guide
I can’t do this as an army of one. Or an army. It has to be a collective of many. Instead of being an army of one, not just against aggressive driving and overgrown vehicles, but broken sidewalks, abrupt bike lane endings, moldy and unstable buildings, underpayment, and idea exploitation in formal jobs and design … Continue reading An Army of One Needs a Collective of Many
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.
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 we are starting what Kristen is calling the Wish Journey of 2022 and she really appreciates you supporting this one, for her to start the year with annual funding for … Continue reading The Black Urbanist Weekly for the Last Week of 2021
