55 min
Creating More Inclusive Communities with Kristen Jeffers The Follow
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- Society & Culture
In this episode, we speak to Kristen Jeffers, founder and editor-in-chief of The Black Urbanist multimedia platform, as well as an urban planner, author, textile artist and designer, and activist. In our conversation, she talks about the importance of having diverse voices in urban planning, and she discusses her own journey of creating the Black Queer Urbanist Feminist movement.
Show Notes:
Kristen Jeffers website: https://www.kristenejeffers.com/The Black Urbanist website: https://theblackurbanist.com/Melvin Mitchell, legendary architect fellow of the American Institute of architects: http://melvinmitchell.writernetwork.com/index.htmlBuy the Block crowdfunding real estate initiative: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/BuyTheBlock/Andrés Duany, architect, urban planner founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_DuanyAlexis Nicole Nelson, The Black Forager: https://www.instagram.com/blackforager/?hl=enSherrell Dorsey, American data journalist and founder of The Plug, a Black tech news and insights platform: https://www.sherrelldorsey.com/Audre Lorde, a self-described black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lordebell hooks, American author and social activist: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/bell-hooksJune Jordan, American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/june-jordanhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/june-jordanBuckminster Fuller, American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1966/01/08/in-the-outlaw-areaArlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital: https://backstagecapital.com/
Kristen Follows:
Nancy: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancyMarsha’s Plate: https://www.womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/the-podcast-marshas-plate-centers-the-black-trans-experienceMaking Gay History: https://makinggayhistory.com/LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/usThe Nation: a...
In this episode, we speak to Kristen Jeffers, founder and editor-in-chief of The Black Urbanist multimedia platform, as well as an urban planner, author, textile artist and designer, and activist. In our conversation, she talks about the importance of having diverse voices in urban planning, and she discusses her own journey of creating the Black Queer Urbanist Feminist movement.
Show Notes:
Kristen Jeffers website: https://www.kristenejeffers.com/The Black Urbanist website: https://theblackurbanist.com/Melvin Mitchell, legendary architect fellow of the American Institute of architects: http://melvinmitchell.writernetwork.com/index.htmlBuy the Block crowdfunding real estate initiative: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/BuyTheBlock/Andrés Duany, architect, urban planner founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_DuanyAlexis Nicole Nelson, The Black Forager: https://www.instagram.com/blackforager/?hl=enSherrell Dorsey, American data journalist and founder of The Plug, a Black tech news and insights platform: https://www.sherrelldorsey.com/Audre Lorde, a self-described black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lordebell hooks, American author and social activist: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/bell-hooksJune Jordan, American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/june-jordanhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/june-jordanBuckminster Fuller, American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1966/01/08/in-the-outlaw-areaArlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital: https://backstagecapital.com/
Kristen Follows:
Nancy: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancyMarsha’s Plate: https://www.womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/the-podcast-marshas-plate-centers-the-black-trans-experienceMaking Gay History: https://makinggayhistory.com/LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/usThe Nation: a...
55 min