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.html
• Buy 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_Duany
• Alexis Nicole Nelson, The Black Forager: https://www.instagram.com/blackforager/?hl=en
• Sherrell 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-lorde
• bell hooks, American author and social activist: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/bell-hooks
• June Jordan, American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/june-jordanhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/june-jordan
• Buckminster Fuller, American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1966/01/08/in-the-outlaw-area
• Arlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital: https://backstagecapital.com/

Kristen Follows:

• Nancy: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancy
• Marsha’s Plate: https://www.womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/the-podcast-marshas-plate-centers-the-black-trans-experience
• Making Gay History: https://makinggayhistory.com/
• LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/
• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us
• The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/
• The Republic (Nigeria): https://republic.com.ng/
• El Nuevo Dia (Puerto Rico): https://www.elnuevodia.com/
• EndoQueer, Endometriosis Support for the LGBTQIA+ Community: https://endoqueer.com/
• Untokening, a multiracial collective that addresses mobility justice and equity http://www.untokening.org/
• Brittany Drakeford, Urban and Regional Planning and Design Program at the University of Maryland College Park: https://arch.umd.edu/people/brittney-drakeford
• Danyel Smith, author of Shine Bright: https://twitter.com/danamo
• Black Girl Songbook hosted by Danyel Smith: https://open.spotify.com/show/20Ifo2kqrmLweDY87KC0dr
• Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/

Follow Kristen:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenejeffers/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackurbanist/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackurbanist
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDU4_WrMNhILZNG38a8wJmw