Anti-Black racism in planning & urbanism: a thread of readings
With gratitude to the following authors, contributors, activists & organizers who shared their work these past few months, who struggled to have their work seen prior to this moment, who continue to fight and care
With gratitude to the following authors, contributors, activists & organizers who shared their work these past few months, who struggled to have their work seen prior to this moment, who continue to fight and care
Nine ideas for making our city’s public space more race equitable by @cmonstah https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-06-18/cities-are-built-on-public-space-but-it-isnt-equitable-nine-ideas-for-making-it-better
Segregated by Design @sbd_film https://www.segregatedbydesign.com/
A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists @Jay_Pitter
https://canurb.org/citytalk-news/a-call-to-courage-an-open-letter-to-canadian-urbanists/
https://canurb.org/citytalk-news/a-call-to-courage-an-open-letter-to-canadian-urbanists/
Urban Density: Confronting the Distance Between Desire and Disparity @Jay_Pitter https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/urban-density-confronting-the-distance-between-desire-and-disparity/
Cities in the Time of COVID-19: How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations? @canurb #CityTalk hosted by @Jay_Pitter with @orlandopbailey @TamikaButler, Anthonia Ogundele & @WillProsper
Part 1 https://canurb.org/citytalk-news/how-do-we-respond-to-anti-black-racism-in-urbanist-practices-and-conversations/
Part 1 https://canurb.org/citytalk-news/how-do-we-respond-to-anti-black-racism-in-urbanist-practices-and-conversations/
Cities in the Time of COVID-19: How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations? @canurb #CityTalk hosted by @Jay_Pitter with @orlandopbailey @TamikaButler, Anthonia Ogundele & @WillProsper
Part 2 Moving to Action https://canurb.org/citytalk-news/moving-to-action-how-do-we-respond-to-anti-black-racism-in-urbanist-practices-and-conversations/
Part 2 Moving to Action https://canurb.org/citytalk-news/moving-to-action-how-do-we-respond-to-anti-black-racism-in-urbanist-practices-and-conversations/
Urban Design is Not Neutral @jay_pitter @tamikaButler on TVO @TheAgenda https://www.tvo.org/video/urban-design-is-not-neutral
Pittsburgh: A ‘Most Livable’ City, but Not for Black Women @brentinmock https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-20/how-pittsburgh-fails-black-women-in-6-charts
#unurbanist The unurbanist assembly: a digital protest and teach-in dedicated to dialogue and strategies for anti-racist urban planning @DrDesThePlanner @ThrivanceGroup https://thrivancegroup.com/unurbanist
‘Safe Streets’ Are Not Safe for Black Lives
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-08/-safe-streets-are-not-safe-for-black-lives @DrDesThePlanner
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-08/-safe-streets-are-not-safe-for-black-lives @DrDesThePlanner
Whose Streets? Black Streets @bambinoir https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/06/18/Whose-Streets-Black-Streets/
Mobility Over Modality by At the Intersections @attheintersect https://medium.com/at-the-intersections/mobility-over-modality-6bf57145d203
Mobility Justice and Covid 19 @untokening http://www.untokening.org/updates/2020/4/8/mobility-justice-and-covid-19
Poor and black ‘invisible cyclists’ need to be part of post-pandemic transport planning too @julianagyeman https://theconversation.com/poor-and-black-invisible-cyclists-need-to-be-part-of-post-pandemic-transport-planning-too-139145
A Tale of Two Truths: Transportation and Nuance in the Time of COVID-19 @dubonthestreets https://medium.com/at-the-intersections/a-tale-of-two-truths-transportation-and-nuance-in-the-time-of-covid-19-9bc99ff8c005
Coronavirus is not fuel for urbanist fantasies: This moment should be about reassessing our broken cities @awalkerinLA https://www.curbed.com/2020/5/20/21263319/coronavirus-future-city-urban-covid-19
Are we looking in the mirror? An open letter to community foundations @AndrewChunilall https://www.communityfoundations.ca/are-we-looking-in-the-mirror/
Geographies of Racial Capitalism with Ruth Wilson Gilmore @antipodeonline
"The Planner's Beginner Guide to the Black Lives Matter Movement" @danielle2016_ https://drive.google.com/file/d/17vLQ0Zb2EK4hvt5waJ1WhJ67s5POY6hb/view
A reading list of Black geographers @UBCGeog
https://www.geog.ubc.ca/a-reading-list-of-black-geographers/
https://www.geog.ubc.ca/a-reading-list-of-black-geographers/
Black Faculty Response to @The_ACSP Statement Following the Killing of George Floyd
https://www.acsp.org/news/news.asp?id=511293&terms=%22black%20and%20faculty%22#Black%20Faculty%20Response
https://www.acsp.org/news/news.asp?id=511293&terms=%22black%20and%20faculty%22#Black%20Faculty%20Response
Design as Protest: How can designers stand for, fight for, and build an anti-racist future? @designasprotest https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/2020/06/design-as-protest-how-can-designers-stand-for-fight-for-and-build-an-anti-racist-future/