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Defying Gentrification, Crafting Liberation

Kristen Jeffers, MPA ✊\ud83c\udffd\ud83c\udf08

One of the handful of urbanist media platforms run by a Black person, and proabably the only one with a queer, disabled, feminist currently based in DC who is trying to bring more fiber crafts to the city. I'm Kristen, nice to meet you.

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  • Kristen Jeffers, MPA ✊\ud83c\udffd\ud83c\udf08

    Black, Queer, Disabled, North Carolinian (in Baltimore), Spiritual, Working/Lower-Middle Class, Feminist Urbanism and Textile/Fiber Arts when I have something to say. (she/they).

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