| This is The Black Urbanist Monthly. I’m Kristen Jeffers and I’m making this monthly digital newsletter to share my Black, Spiritual, Diasporic North Carolinian, Working/Lower Middle-Class, Educated, Queer, Non-Binary Femme thoughts on how places and communities work. Think of this as my monthly column, the one that flaps open as you start browsing that coffee table magazine or printed alt-weekly newspaper or as so many other of your favorite newsletters do, in your inbox. This newsletter is a treat, in case you missed that in the subject line. It’s no secret if you read any of my newsletters, social posts or have watched any of my social videos, I’m not happy with the direction the world is going. As per my training (and I suspect the training and nurturing you have as well) though, I’m doing my best to be proactive about it. However, being proactive around purchasing property still means that by the time I’ve fixed my credit, the homes — all of them — are overpriced and some may not even sell to me, because there’s still lots of bias in the home buying market if you’re not buying to make it a business or to develop/rent the property. Being proactive around public transit only works so far as if the bus actually shows up on time, the train’s wheels don’t fall off and leave you stranded in a tunnel and even better, that there is a bus, because it was deemed unnecessary to have that bus in your neighborhood. Being proactive around your career works well if you have a business and you continue to pivot until finding the right folks to service. However, there’s only finite numbers of jobs, especially in our industry, and the scarcity breeds all kinds of jealousies, envies, grief and prejudices. Finally, the constant attacks on my identities is what made me proactive about creating a summit to celebrate them and continuing to shape it into something, while not as large as I imagined, will still be something important. I’ll be coming to you on a daily basis (except Sundays, this will be my last Sunday letter for a while, unless Sunday happens tot be the end of the month) throughout the summit, and for those of you who are Patreons, you’ll continue to hear from me daily if you’re pledged at the $40 level and above and at the $10 level on a weekly basis. I’ll also be doing more IG lives and I’ll be adding more frequently to my YouTube page — starting with Monday’s summit. Click here to be reminded about my video start time and to watch! Plus, those of you who return to the $40 Patreon level will be able to access our new school sessions and those of you who remain at the $10-$40 level will be getting several new Public Lecture with Kristen Jeffers episodes — including one that will announce the summit craft week and my new Kristpattern craft specific content and levels. The world may be full of tricks — but I am determined to be my own treat and in turn, be a treat for you. See you very soon, |
| P.S. Learn more about my adventures in sustainable fashion and fiber. |
| Plus, You can still, you can register here for the whole or part of the paid summit, or pledge on Patreon to access the full summit or school. |