July 2019

The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 5–LaKeisha Henderson of Baltimore’s Bike and Brunch Tours on Cycling, Childhood Influences and Career Building in Design | The Black Urbanist The Black Urbanist Radio Show Episode 5–LaKeisha Henderson of Baltimore’s Bike and Brunch Tours on Cycling, Childhood Influences and Career Building in Design – The Black Urbanist

It’s my pleasure this episode to present the conversation I had back in the early winter with LaKeisha Henderson of Bike and Brunch Tours. As I said on the audio, we met thanks to the power of the internet and since then, we’ve worked on helping each other out as much as we can to take […]

Day Three at #CNU24: My First on the Ground–Old Friends, Good Debate, Great Places | The Black Urbanist Day Three at #CNU24: My First on the Ground–Old Friends, Good Debate, Great Places – The Black Urbanist

Good morning Detroit! I’m live from my family bunker up in the Northwest side of the city to give you my take on my experience here at CNU 24. I’m already regretting missing the first two days, plus time here early, considering I have a base here. Even though I’ve been here twice, being here […]

From an Ambassador to Kansas City (Excerpt from Triad City Beat Fresh Eyes Column) | The Black Urbanist From an Ambassador to Kansas City (Excerpt from Triad City Beat Fresh Eyes Column) – The Black Urbanist

Roughly six weeks ago, after loading almost all of my worldly possessions into a moving truck, relatives helped me pack the rest into two cars and we departed our southwest Greensboro home at about 5 a.m., navigating the freeways past my father’s gravesite at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, on a hill created due to the […]

Subscribe, Book, Pay or Sponsor | The Black Urbanist Subscribe, Book, Pay or Sponsor – The Black Urbanist

This is the money page. You like the blog posts. You retweet the tweets. You stream the podcasts and forward them to your colleagues. You watch the YouTube videos and think they’re the #bestspeecheseveronurbanism. Or you’re at happy hour and we’ve asked nicely about supporting the venture. Or you’re in the audience at one of […]

Speaking | The Black Urbanist Speaking – The Black Urbanist

Are you looking for a keynote speaker, workshop leader, panelist or panel moderator who gets the technical side of urbanism, and how it works in real life? Someone who can rally a group of long-working and suffering organizers? Someone who’s comfortable with all our jargon, but just as comfortable making the same speech on a table at […]

Book | The Black Urbanist Book – The Black Urbanist

If you came here to buy my book and are panicking about only seeing a mockup, don’t fear. I’m in the process of doing major revisions on the book and working on a new distribution channel. In the meantime, I’ve decided to take the book “off the market”, until I have a galley proof I’m proud […]

Place in A Time of Terror and Inequality | The Black Urbanist Place in A Time of Terror and Inequality – The Black Urbanist

This post took so long to write. I wrote about two versions of it. Maybe you’ll see them in the next volume of essays. Maybe they’ll be here. Ultimately, it gets down to how place and motion matter in a time of heightened instances of tragedy, terror and oppressive power driven by fear. How can […]