This is a special preview edition of The Black Urbanist Daily. The Black Urbanist Daily will feature Kristen’s Black Queer Feminist Urbanist commentary on one key issue every weekday. Although she’s liked being back in the daily saddle, this will be the last daily pilot until she grows her team a little more, but have no fear, we will be testing out weekly editions. More details below.
When the pandemic hit, I already knew that I needed an urbanism that included me. And I want to bring us back to those few weeks where I wrote a few things about what we needed to do pre-pandemic. Take today and tomorrow to revisit my thoughts around these things. I’ll be back Sunday with the weekly edition.
I know, I said no more Sundays, but hang with me for a least a couple more weeks as I don’t want you to miss the special summit content that’s coming the next couple of Sundays and, I have to be honest, I think I want to hit your inboxes weekly with the best, most amazing stats and analysis around these points but, in the spirit of self and community care, I don’t need to do this everyday.
The pandemic is still here folks and we all have to govern ourselves accordingly
Here’s my archive from early 2020 that built the case for my emerging Black Queer Feminist Urbanism
- And That’s What Time It Is Part 1– Time To Make More Media, Not Less
- And That’s What Time It Is Part 2—To Create Inclusive Spaces and Walk Away from Those That Aren’t
- And That’s What Time It Is Part 3 —What Time Is It For North Carolina?
- And That’s What Time It Is Part 4 —Is Everything Up-to-Date in Kansas City?
- And That’s What Time It Is Part 5— The Time is Now for the Greater DC Region
- To City With Love (Again) Part 1 — What I Love About The City As A Black Woman
- To City With Love (Again) Part 2 — What I Love About the City As a (Black) Queer Woman
- To City With Love (Again) Part 3 — To City, With Love from a (Black, Queer) Entrepreneurial Woman on a Budget
And here are a few more things before you go.
— Once again, Watch the launch keynote of the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist Summit/Festival. This special event is why I’m emailing you daily, since we can’t be in person this year and I wanted to make the conference truly portable.
— Register for our special virtual movie screening, The Dominance of Motherhood, next Monday at 7 pm Eastern. (thanks to our generous donors and sponsors of this year’s summit, it’s free, scroll down to the HealthWeek ticket and you’ll get access). We will also stream this on all of our channels, but we will be taking down the livestream at the conclusion of the documentary, to allow the filmmakers to show the film at other festivals.
— Pledge at any level on Patreon to get these emails after November 19th. I hear there’s also an art class level now, for all of my fellow fiber urbanists. 😉 Everyone also immediately gets all of my podcast episodes, specifically the newest ones.
—Black LGBTQIA+ Siblings — let’s talk one-on-one about life, urbanism and thriving. Reply to this email and we can set up a time. Also, I’ve lifted the all-access fee for the summit, thanks to more generous donors!
Coming Sunday — information about the rest of the summit and what to expect from me for the next few months.
