crash course in reading about NY real estate/affordability issues and i can’t help but go back to david harvey’s point that the housing crisis is not a crisis, as much as it is an expected outcome, especially with where we are in late stage capitalism

so far the highlight of this semester’s first week is Leah Meisterlin heavily questioning my choice in a corduroy zip up shirt. though in 92 degree heat, she’s not entirely wrong.

Scratching my head at how I sat through an entire lecture that surveyed affordable housing/housing policies in the US, with absolutely no mention of the role of race/racism in how said policies were designed.

Equity Is the Driving Force: How Advocacy Led to Oakland’s New Cultural Development Plan plcylk.org/ocncequity #KeepOaklandCreative

Seeing an all WOC panel as the opening keynote for #hindsight2018 makes me feel al types of ways 💕

amazing transformative work happening in brownsville. great discussion centering on #disruptingphilanthropy We Run Brownsville @CautionChaud @courtinnovation The JM Kaplan Fund #LMDevelopment

sitting through a mock of the #wherewelivenyc engagement, part of the AFFH work in NYC. #Hindsight2018

You’re a virgin who can’t drive x.com/xxlfunny1/stat…

my voting plan worked a little too well and i went to campus today completely forgetting we have an election day holiday 🙃 props to Columbia University for eliminating a barrier for voting! now get out there folks!

exploring the @UNHP Buildings Indicator Project dataset through this model for #urbandatascapes Leah Meisterlin #dataadvocacy #housingdata

And we have a wonderful group of people joining us! Check out the full schedule here: plannersnetworknyc.wixsite.com/conference/fri… which includes Hester Street Community Service Society of New York (CSS) Community Voices Heard Street Vendor Project Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @a_j_dawson CCCE @ANHDNYC NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative Picture the Homeless Urban Democracy Lab Pratt Center and many more!

“in our current political climate, helping street vendors is helping our immigrant communities” Vicky Mao from Street Vendor Project #PN2019 #PlannersNetwork #ResistingDisplacementandDispossession

a treat seeing Yee-Kay Chan 陳漪琪 in a panel about what we should do w decommissioned spaces of worship #PN2019 #PlannersNetwork #ResistingDisplacementandDispossession #gsappurbanplanning

We teamed up with Ali Forney Center & Cooper Square Committee to create the Bea Arthur Residence, so young LGBTQ people like Theo are free not just to survive, but to grow and thrive! 🌈 #NYCUnityProject #FairHousing #PrideMonth

Happy Pride! Thank you to HPD for funding the Bea Arthur Residence and for featuring this wonderful project, which we co-developed with the Ali Forney Center #NYCUnityProject #FairHousing #PrideMonth