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In his new book, The Changing American Neighborhood: The Meaning of Place in the Twenty-First Century (Cornell), Todd Swanstrom points out that we have only one word for socioeconomically ascending neighborhoods: gentrification. He argues that gentrification is a complex and variegated phenomenon that has become a stand-in for unequal power relations and the history of racial exclusion – detached from specific processes of neighborhood change. The abstract gentrification discourse has distracted attention from the more serious problem of disinvestment and deterioration and created the illusion of a kind of catch-22 for community development practitioners: if you succeed in revitalizing a neighborhood, you fail -- because gentrification pushes out the lower income residents you were trying to help in the first place. In this discussion Todd aims to deconstruct the term gentrification and free up space for a more nuanced understanding of neighborhoods and more constructive thinking about inclusive neighborhood change.
Barika Williams, Executive Director of one of NYC’s leading community development groups, the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, will discuss Todd’s argument in light of the New York City experience.
Presented by the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment at the Schools of Public Engagement.
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The Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, (UMSL), Todd Swanstrom specializes in urban politics and public policy. Early in his career, he worked as a neighborhood planner in Cleveland and as the Director of Strategic Planning for Albany, New York.
Barika X Williams is the Executive Director of the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development Inc. (ANHD), a leading nonprofit focused on creating housing and economic justice for all New Yorkers. She is a leader and a national voice on how community development in marginalized neighborhoods can advance racial justice.
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The Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the
University of Missouri – St. Louis, (UMSL), Todd Swanstrom specializes in urban politics and
public policy. Early in his career, he worked as a neighborhood planner in Cleveland and as theDirector of Strategic Planning for Albany, New York. Todd is the author of The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism and the co-author of Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century, 3rd edition (2014). His co-authored book, The Changing American Neighborhood: The Meaning of Place in the Twenty-First Century, was published by Cornell U. Press this year.
Barika X Williams is the Executive Director of the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development Inc. (ANHD), a leading nonprofit focused on creating housing and economic justice for all New Yorkers. She is a leader and a national voice on how community development in marginalized neighborhoods can advance racial justice.
Previously, Ms. Williams held the position of Assistant Secretary for Housing under the Governor of New York State. Ms. Williams is a member of the US Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity. In 2020, the American Planning Association of New York honored her with the Robert W. Ponte Award, recognizing her dedication to creating a more equitable built environment in NYC, that understands systemic racism’s intersection with place and community. Barika earned a Master's degree in City Planning from MIT and a Bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis.
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