Defying Gentrification
Kristen Jeffers, MPA ✊🏽🌈
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S2E1 The Black Urbanist Started To Die When My Dad Did
I was so proud on the morning of Tuesday, May 28, 2013.I was sitting in the Harvard Club, awaiting the beginning of my very first influencer event, sponsored by Siemens for environmental…
Gentrification is planned obsolescence for people and places.
I was listening to Alex Elle’s most recent Insight Timer meditation series, and on day five of the series, she talked about ways of being and relationships being obsolete- not all in a bad way, but…
S2 Defying Gentrifcation is How I've Deconstructed and Reconstructed my Faith
I'm back going live with a visual representation of what my big theme post was this week.I originally had an even longer post where I had even more grievances that didn't make the cut last week, but…
Black folks can be agents and victims of gentrification, nothing more and nothing less. Oh, and I'm going to be doing my art in peace.
Hey y'all! This is an update on the future of this platform. My health has dictated that instead of leading with defying gentrification, I need to lead with crafting liberation. Or in other words, I…
Gentrification is fascist, but it's not too late to stop either.
Today I am back to meet the moment with encouragement for us to meet our fears and comfort head on, around defying and ending gentrification, so that we can beat fascism, not just at the White House,…
Making Plenty Good Room with Rev. Dr. Andrew Wilkes
These are times that call on a radical belief in oneself and their community. Back in October just shortly before the US Election, I interviewed Rev. Dr. Andrew Wilkes about his book Plenty Good…
The Grief that Gentrification Brings
Even though this was a rough week for me, I decided that I wanted to let you in a bit and drop a few moments of a chat on how gentrification compounds my grief. This is a raw edit with no full ad and…
[PODCAST] Past and Present Black Migrations for Liberation with Arionne Nettles
I knew this week sitting down with Chicago-based journalist Arionne Nettles was going to be a great conversation, but I was very excited about what she had to share, about how Black migration and…
Past and Present Black Migrations for Liberation with Arionne Nettles
I knew this week sitting down with Chicago-based journalist Arionne Nettles was going to be a great conversation, but I was very excited about what she had to share, about how Black migration and…
[PODCAST] Resourcefulness and Reparations in North Carolina with Christine Edwards
This week on the podcast, I'm joined by Christine Edwards of Civility Localized, a Charlotte-based public engagement firm that is changing the game on so many levels.But most of all, this is an…
Resourcefulness and Reparations in North Carolina with Christine Edwards
This week on the podcast, I'm joined by Christine Edwards of Civility Localized, a Charlotte-based public engagement firm that is changing the game on so many levels.But most of all, this is an…
[Podcast] Kristen's Personal Gentrification Defying Playbook
Kristen spends some time this week talking about her personal needs to defy gentrification. And her hot topic is something she’s been boiling over about for decades, teen curfews in public…
Kristen's Personal Gentrification Defying Playbook
Kristen spends some time this week talking about her personal needs to defy gentrification. And her hot topic is something she’s been boiling over about for decades, teen curfews.SHOW NOTES(Apologies…
Reflecting on Atlanta and Baltimore Gentrification and Community Development with Derek Moore
This week on Defying Gentrification, I, your host Kristen Jeffers, talks to our first guest, Derek Moore, who came by to talk about their experiences with land use and gentrification. Stay tuned to…
The Urban Renewal to Gentrification Pipeline
On this episode of Defying Gentrification, I spend my homeroom time clarifying that gentrification is not a remedy for urban renewal, it’s the continuation of urban renewal, land theft and seizure,…
Why We Must Eradicate Gentrification.
On the third episode of the Defying Gentrification podcast, your host Kristen Jeffers (she/they), spells out why we need to treat gentrification like a disease and eradicate it.But first, on our…
Who Gets to Defy Gentrification?
In this episode, Kristen takes us to school and breaks down who gets to defy gentrification. Spoiler alert, It is those who have been colonized, which generally are indigenous populations of…
WTF is Gentrification?
On this inaugural episode of the Defying Gentrification podcast, your host Kristen Jeffers (she/they), takes you to school in our homeroom to learn exactly what is gentrification, and why should it…
Trailer: Introducing Defying Gentrification
Kristen Jeffers, a Black Queer Feminist Disabled person from North Carolina living in the Baltimore-DC metro region ("the DMV") loves cities. But, she's tired of the rent being too high, transit…
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Defying Gentrification has published 19 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Arts, Design.
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