A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to conduct a casual interview with Terrel Askew, an organizer with United Workers and Baltimore Housing Roundtable, two groups that has been spearheading the 20/20 plan for equitable development and affordable housing in Baltimore City that was approved by Mayor Catherine Pugh and City Council earlier this…
Reflecting on my Summer with Right to the City
It’s hard to believe that the fellowship is coming to a close! It feels like little time has passed since June, yet at the same time I feel like so much has changed, both in my relationship with Right to the City as well as my own scholarly interests. For the first few weeks of…
Examining The Boundaries of Map-Based Research
Since both of my projects this summer are centered around mapping, this assignment was pretty easy to complete. On the HFA side, here are two of my maps showing the different themes of active/future campaigns within the different HFA member groups based on city and the number of tenant unions being supported by each groups….
How Right to the City upholds “Right to the City”
It’s expected that Right to the City and, by extension, Homes For All, incorporate the principles outlined in CUNY professor David Harvey’s 2008 piece of the same name into their mission as well as their everyday work. Harvey writes about the capacity of city-dwellers to take control over the development of their neighborhoods to create…
Maps and the Movement: Examining how mapping and data tools have been used to aid and document organizing
It should go without saying that access to place-based data and maps which bring this information to life are absolutely integral for those interested in bringing justice to those affected by rising rates of displacement, both through direct action and academic channels.Over the course of my time with Right to the City, I’ve seen groups…
Reflecting on Resources
While both of my projects this summer are based in mapping, the sources I’m using to carry out these efforts are distinctly different. My main project with Right to the City and Homes for All centers around mapping the current state of the land and housing movement as told by HFA’s member organizations, which in…
Boerum Hill: A Cautionary Tale in Exercising ‘Right to the City’
Since Right to the City is a national organization and much of my research this summer deals more with addressing abstract concepts as defined by a multitude of local groups, it’s a little tricky for me to whittle the historical context of my work to a specific place. Instead, I’ll focus on Boerum Hill,…
