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I decided to not give up on defying gentrification. But, I’m doing it a different way.

I had all but given up on this idea of defying gentrification. Then it hit me, my very existence in a world hostile to me is defiance…

Jan 2

Jan 2

On The Radical Faith It Takes To Defy Gentrification

Welcome back to Defying Gentrification, Crafting Liberation — an art, design, and policy newsletter/journal of myself Kristen Jeffers, a…

Feb 2

On The Radical Faith It Takes To Defy Gentrification

Feb 2

This is spot on.

And this doesn't touch all of the Black church dynamics that tend to focus on class and ability.

Jan 1

Jan 1

I Wish I Really Could Defy Gentrification in 2024

On where I really stand with the greater urbanism community in the wake of the 2024 US Election

Dec 22, 2024

Kristen standing in a dark but sparkly room next to a table of yarn, teaching people how to crochet

Dec 22, 2024

Do I have to pick a hometown?

So we are finally at the end of my series of lessons I learned from moving to DC. You can read the master list here.

Nov 18, 2024

Do I have to pick a hometown?

Nov 18, 2024

What chu mean ain’t no soul food in DC? You must be drowning under all of our water!

Parts 6&7 of my series Eight Years a Washingtonian

Nov 4, 2024

A plate of popcorn shrimp and catfish fried calabash-style

Nov 4, 2024

Welcome to DC! U Black, Maybe? U Gay Maybe?

Eight years of learning the unique ways this region has shaped my Blackness and queerness

Nov 1, 2024

Kristen, with a smirk on her face, is sitting on the grounds next to the Washington Monument in a blue hoodie and in a pink headband.

Nov 1, 2024

Learning how to govern myself accordingly

Part 3 of My Series Eight Years a Washingtonian, On My Relationship with this Town’s Largest Industry.

Oct 20, 2024

Kristen standing on the East Lawn of the US Capitol, in a blue blouse, a cotton moto jacket and with her hands on her hips, and leaning against a red Captial Bikeshare bicycle. She has on a blue beret and glasses and the US Capitol is in the background on an overcast day.

Oct 20, 2024

What I’ve Learned about the DC Metro System and How it Relates to Housing

What I’ve learned in eight years of living with Metro, not just idolizing it.

Sep 30, 2024

Kristen in a blue dress on a down esacalator facing the pink art on the north pavilion of the Potomac Yard Metrorail station on its opening day in May 2023

Sep 30, 2024

Eight Things I’ve Learned in Eight Years in and out of the DC (and Baltimore) Areas

Introducing my series of life lessons I’ve learned from eight years of living in the greater Baltimore-Washington region

Sep 24, 2024

Eight Things I’ve Learned in Eight Years in and out of the DC (and Baltimore) Areas

Sep 24, 2024

Kristen Jeffers

Kristen Jeffers

Kristen Jeffers, MPA, (she/they) centers Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thought and practice in her writing, speaking, and fiber craft making.

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