Daphne Lundi

Me + @daphnelundi @UrbanOceanLab on climate, housing, + SEQRA: "It is a climate – and moral – imperative that we allow more people to live in the neighborhoods that are well-connected to transit, have lower climate risk, and have access to parks and other social infrastructure"

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

Romantic urbanism had its first event! Thanks to everyone who came out to the Department of Tenderness (DOT) public meeting. We talked about love landmarks, street signage, and long distance relationship transportation options. Bureaucracy and love were in the air 💞🖇️📄

If you want to follow the Romantic Urbanism project, we're having our first event in NYC tomorrow! romanticurbanism.com/events

Thank you @CityLab for the opportunity to share the mainstage with Mayor Shin Sang-jin and @anna_mingai. It was an honor to exchange ideas about love, care, and cities with a global network of mayors and policy makers ❤️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are keeping their children home and reporting damage to their property as anti-immigrant conspiracy theories spread, fanned by statements by Trump and Vance haitiantimes.com/2024/09/11/hai…

first words Sonya Massey said at her front door were “don’t hurt me” she was told “why would we hurt you, you called us” when have those words meant anything when your black and woman in this country when do those words protect you from not being murdered in your kitchen, in your bedroom, with your babies, or on your lawn what is “reassurance”, in this place ? rest in power Sonya Massey, and an abundance of love and power to Sonya’s family on this journey

did it!

Nineteen History Facts About Black Parties

“I think a difference with older generations is that for them college was a coming of age, whereas my class started elementary school in the financial crisis, started high school in the Trump presidency, and started college in the pandemic,” washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…

I'll be hosting a lecture on 20th century Black NYC history at John Jay College, May 2nd btwn 1:30pm and 3pm! Come by if you can!

Everything for Everyone has quickly become one of my favorite reads this year. A powerful story of world-rebuilding. Check out my review!

@weischoice tbd, we're working on raising funds

@mondayplans is this paid? can you share rates?

Calling all lovers of cities and love, I'm working on a project on romantic urbanism: features of cities that help foster romantic, familial, or platonic love. I'm looking for essays, visual art, and design ideas, learn more at romanticurbanism.com

Last month, I discussed Jacob Lawrence's "Great Migration" series, its cultural significance, and what migration looks like today for Black people in America with art critic Jessica Lynne for MoMA Magazine! Check it out here: moma.org/magazine/artic…

The Blackwell Family Tree, the largest family tree in the Library's collections, depicts the genealogical history of an African American family from Virginia from 1789 to the 1970s. It’s 8 feet tall, 6 feet wide & contains more than 1,500 names. Read more: go.loc.gov/WHeV50Qe7pH

Found a lost gem, Audre Lorde's 1974 review of Sula: "The book deals with love that can be misshapen and frightened into hatred. For hatred—necessary, self-protective, or cleansing—can seem terribly useful in the absence of any real power over the forces that affect our lives."

"...the Shoe Lane saga illuminates a long-standing aspect of the African American experience: the confiscation and destruction of Black neighborhoods for higher-education facilities in the post-World War II period."

This week's Record High newsletter is about why FEMA doesn't respond to heat waves. The law that governs the agency doesn't recognize heat as a disaster, and the costs of heat are often invisible, making it harder for states to access federal resources. grist.org/record-high/fe…