On February 18, a panel discussion on the critical implications of “urban renewal” in DC communities took place at American University. The first speaker was Johanna Bockman. An Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Affairs at George Mason University, Bockman also runs the blog Sociology in My Neighborhood: DC Ward Six. In the video below, she gives a brief history of gentrification, dissecting it along the way. Worth taking a listen, even as you do other things.
Shout out to Sophia YoshiMi and Luis Enrique Salazar for putting together what was an amazing panel discussion and posting the video. Watch this space for more video from the Confronting Gentrification Panel Discussion.
