Episode 9: Creative Development Partners (Part II): Advising Paradigm Shifts
In this last second half of a two -part interview, Randolph Bell of Creative Development Partners (an organization hired by the City of Berkeley to facilitate communication between the city, a soon to be chosen developer, local community organizations, and Bay Area Rapid Transit (known locally as BART) walks us through the different parts of development, the funding mechanisms and expectations, and how the local organizers’ ask for equity presents specific opportunities for all parties to think outside “business as usual” at the development BART is slated to begin at the Ashby Station.
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Episode 8: Creative Development Partners (Part I): Facilitating Community Agreements
In this Part One of a two-part interview, meet Randolph Belle of Creative Development Partners - an organization hired by the City of Berkeley to facilitate communication between the city, a soon-to-be-chosen developer, local community organizations, and Bay Area Rapid Transit (known locally as BART). Who are Creative Development Partners? What is their role in Equitable Black Berkeley? What are some examples of different ways communities have attempted to have a say in development? How might some of them compare to Equitable Black Berkeley?
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Episode 7: City of Berkeley (Part III): Equitable Black Berkeley - The Moving Parts
In this last part of our three-part interview with Mayor - Jesse Arreguín, Council Member of District 3 - Ben Bartlett, and Chief of Staff (to the Mayor) - Jaqueline McCormick we continue our conversation on how, as administrators of the City of Berkeley, they took up the challenge of equity as it relates to the city's housing crisis by linking arms and brainstorming with local organizers to think outside the box to try and usher in new and equitable solutions to rooted wrongs in housing and development injustices. What plans are underway to finance an initiative like Equitable Black Berkeley? What needs to be in place to ensure EBB stays true to its long-term vision? What does economic sustainability look like? Does EBB advance the conversation on Reparations for Black Berkeley?
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Episode 6: City of Berkeley (Part II): Why Equitable Black Berkeley?
In this part two of our three-part interview with Mayor - Jesse Arreguín, Council Member of District 3 - Ben Bartlett, and Chief of Staff (to the Mayor) - Jaqueline McCormick we continue our conversation on how, as administrators of the City of Berkeley, they took up the challenge of equity in Berkeley's housing crisis by linking arms, brainstorming with local organizers, and thinking outside the box to lay the foundation on beginning to usher in new and equitable solutions to rooted wrongs in housing and development injustices. What is Equitable Black Berkeley (EBB)? What role will Bay Area Rapid Transit choose to play in EBB? What is the City leveraging?
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Episode 5: City of Berkeley (Part I): The Terrain
Meet the trio in the City of Berkeley pushing boundaries to try and usher in new solutions to rooted wrongs in housing and development injustices. In this part one of our three-part interview meet Mayor - Jesse Arreguín, Council Member of District 3 - Ben Bartlett, and Chief of Staff (to the Mayor) - Jaqueline McCormick. What got them into public service? What is the current housing situation they face? What has been attempted? How has racism played a role in the current housing landscape in Berkeley?
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Episode 4: HBF Part (IV) Equity!
This is the finale of our 4 part conversation with incredible leaders of Healthy Black Families, we will unpack a recently much-used term “equity” as we experience it and what we aim for when we envision it. Most important, we will be discussing how community can and should plug into this incredible work at Healthy Black Families. We are blessed to have Executive Director Wilhelmina Wilson, Deputy Executive Director Ayanna Davis, and the Director of our Board Suzette Chaumette.
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Episode 3 - HBF (Part III): The Road Ahead
This episode is part three of our four-part conversation with Executive Director Wilhelmina Wilson, Deputy Executive Director Ayanna Davis, and the Director of our Board Suzette Chaumette incredible women playing critical roles at Healthy Black Families. This episode looks at how HBF is hoping to organize the community and why.
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Episode 2 - HBF (Part II): How We Got Here
In this Part II of a four-part series Wilhelmenia Wilson (Executive Director), Ayanna Davis (Deputy Executive Director), and Suzette Chaumette (Board President) of Healthy Black Families, Inc. identify some of the root societal reasons for the manifestation of our current housing crisis locally, regionally, and nationally.
How did we get here? How could conditions be what they are given the struggles fought and won in the past? What is the intersection of systems and individuals?
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Episode 1 - HBF (Part I): Who We Are
In this Part I of a four-part series meet Wilhelmenia Wilson (Executive Director), Ayanna Davis (Deputy Executive Director), and Suzette Chaumette (Board President) of Healthy Black Families, Inc. Who are they? What let them to this work? What does housing have to do with a human’s overall health?
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