Updates and Annoucements from #CNU20-Open Source, Panels, Articles, Etc. | The Black Urbanist
Hey everyone. Hope you are having a great time at #CNU20
First of all, check out my travel story at Next American City.
Then, be sure to follow me @blackurbanist on Twitter and Instagram for live tweets and shots.
Tomorrow (Saturday), I’m presenting twice on the Civic Inferiority Complex. First at approximately 11:44 AM on Saturday morning and second during the Saturday afternoon Open Source time at 3:45. We will meet down where the breakfast table is in the convention center and move if need be. Be sure to bring a pen and paper as we are going to work through your own Civic Inferiority Complex.
Third, I am so happy to see all of you in the flesh again. I know there are folks who are here in spirit and I feel that too. Also, if we have just met this week, it’s very nice to meet you. If we haven’t met yet and you see me in the convention hall or at one of the bars, please say hello.
*Folks who are paid members of CNU-PLEASE VOTE FOR BOARD MEMBERS BY NOON TODAY*
And for those folks who are at home or elsewhere. My UNC Global American South panel is here. Take a couple of hours and listen to powerful conversation on the migration of African-Americans and what everyone in the south needs to do to create community.
The Black Urbanist is written by me, Kristen E. Jeffers. I hold a Master of Public Affairs focused on community and economic development from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, which I just finished in May of 2012. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in communication with a concentration in public relations from North Carolina State University in 2007. My main gig is being the Public Affairs Officer for the North Carolina Humanities Council, which I also started in May of 2012. I released my first e-book, “Killing the Civic Inferiority Complex” in May of 2012. In May of 2011 I presented at my first CNU NextGen on Cultural Urbanism. At the 2012 CNU, I debuted the concept of the Civic Inferiority Complex. Also in 2012, I spoke at the UNC Global American South conference on the reverse migration of African Americans. I am a featured contributor to “The Atlantic Cities” and “Sustainable Cities Collective.” I have also contributed articles to “Grist”, “Next City”, “Better! Towns and Cities”, and “Urban Escapee.”
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