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Trailer: Introducing Defying Gentrification
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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 being nonexistent and Black lives not mattering at all in most cities, even though we created many of the arts and cultural institutions in them. Learn more about how she will be using this podcast to discuss hot topics and resources to help defy AND eradicate gentrification.
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Transcript
Introduction to Urban Challenges
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Do you love cities? But are you tired of your rent going up? The bus leaving you on the side of the road? Your job not paying enough? Being seen as a nuisance instead of a neighbor? Your kids being undereducated, underfed, and unhappy?
Identity and Background of Kristen Jeffers
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I'm Kristen Jeffers and I'm proud to tell you that I'm Black, queer, feminist, disabled, from North Carolina and living between D.C. and Baltimore.
Upbringing and Urban Living Experiences
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I grew up watching Sesame Street and visiting my grandparents on their small roll farms in Homestead in the 1990's South. I get a rush when I take the DC Metro, but I get sad when I look at how much of my budget is going to expenses and seeing folks who look like I'm dead instead of driving.
Podcast Mission and Audience
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I created this podcast to find gentrification, to be your friend through all the life changes those of us who are millennials like me, as well as students D and X are going through, especially those of us who have more intersectional identities like myself.
Podcast Topics and Structure
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I'll be schooling you on some of the reasons why cities work the way they do, ways you can make them work for you, and what you should demand from cities so that you can thrive.
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Each Friday, I'll be here to talk hot topics and pro tips, and sometimes I'll have a new friend to come on and chat with me about how they define gentrification, craft liberation, and the places they live. Find this wherever you like to listen by.