Join Kristen Jeffers, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Black Urbanist as she walks you through the content of her new workbook and training course Defying Gentrification: A Black Queer Accessible Feminist Urbanist Playbook for Ending Displacement. They will walk you through how despite all the barriers, she's defying gentrification and how we should be helping others not just defy gentrification, but eradicate it. Pre-order and partnership information will also be shared. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND THE FACILITATOR Kristen Jeffers (she/they) was one of the first people to bring the concept of Black urbanism to the internet and social media in 2010 by purchasing the domain name and launching The Black Urbanist, which in its 13th year continues to be a resource for Black urbanism at the intersection of feminism and queer/trans life. In addition to this book, she is the author of the forthcoming A Black Urbanist Journey to a Queer Feminist Future, a memoir/manifesto for Black queer feminist accessible urbanism. She is the creator of the K. Jeffers Index for Black Queer Feminist Urbanism, a guide, measure, and data center to assess the thrivance of black queer feminist urbanist people globally, which this book teaches, and curator of the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist Book Cannon and School. Finally, under the banner of Kristpattern, she shares her own journey into sustainable fashion and invites others to do the same. A sought-after public speaker, workshop leader, and cultural critic, she makes her home with her partner in Southwest Washington, DC, and is a proud and concerned native of Greensboro, North Carolina. Keep in touch with Kristen via Instagram @blackurbanist, email at kristen@theblackurbanist.com, or www.theblackurbanist.com