Rutgers-Camden PhD Candidate Rasheda Weaver’s latest includes an invitation to an April 19th conference on Economic Development: 5 Strengths of the City Invincible If you look at the south section of the Camden City Hall building you will see an engraving that states “In a dream I saw a city invincible”. The words were taken … Continue reading 5 Strengths of the City Invincible by Rasheda Weaver…
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I’ll be spending much of my day today at local activist Roy Jones’ Beacons of Light Conference. The conference celebrates the efforts of activists who protested to integrate the Rutgers campuses in the late 60s. There are fantastic panels throughout the day, and the closing Plenary Speaker is Dr. John Carlos whose Black Power salute on the … Continue reading Roy Jones’ Beacons of Light Conference…
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I don’t really know what to say. I’ve always loved these first few days of spring when the sun comes back out, when my students are playing frisbee or whiffleball on the college lawn, and the sun makes things feel possible again. And then this (from my friend April Saul, who titled this post It’s Spring … Continue reading Longing for Healing in the Face of Violence…
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I was thrilled to see a discussion of black gentrification crop up in response to Rasheda’s post a few months ago. Happy to circle back around to that post with Rasheda’s latest: A few months ago I wrote a post on being viewed as a “black gentrifier” in the city of Camden. My focus was … Continue reading Is Being a Black Gentrifier Really a Bad Thing? by Rasheda Weaver…
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Here we are, at the Cooper’s Ferry Annual Meeting, where developers and politicos from all over the state come to hear a Camden narrative that focuses on the beauty of the waterfront and the potential for redevelopment. As I wrote last year, it’s a conversation that feels frustratingly separated from the every day experience of … Continue reading A Community Benefits Agreement is Supposed to be a Contract. These Aren’t.…
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I’m honored today to have a guest post from Gayle Christiansen. Gayle is a resident of the Cooper Grant neighborhood who both works and plays in the city. All views expressed here are her own. We live in a country made cognizant of racism after the loss of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and many … Continue reading New Camden Waterfront Mega-Project Deepens the Two Camden Divide by Gayle Christiansen…
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