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National Public Housing Museum

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National Public Housing Museum

Tiff Beatty (she/her) is a cultural organizer, arts administrator, performance poet, and host. She is the current program director of arts, culture, and public policy at National Public Housing Museum in Chicago. Tiff Beatty was a 2019-2021 Chicago United for Equity Fellow and Senior Fellow and received the additional distinction of the 2019 Field Leader Award from the Field Foundation of Illinois. Her work has been covered by The New York Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Ebony Magazine, Chicago Tribune and several other local and national media. @tiff_beatty on IG. @thenphm on IG.

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Tyler House & Gentrification w/ Rev. Chris Tobias

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Tyler House & Gentrification w/ Rev. Chris Tobias

Reverend Christopher Tobias is the Executive Director of Hands Up Outreach Ministry (HUOM), a faith-base organization, meeting the needs of individuals living in underserved communities. Guided by a servant’s heart, HUOM seeks to empower, strength and improve the lives of individuals in their journey towards an improved quality of life. Hands Up Outreach Ministry has worked extensively with Tyler House through social engagement as well as hosting holiday meals and provide financial literacy programs for the Northwest One neighborhood.

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Architects, Displacement and Housing

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Architects, Displacement and Housing

Earlier this year, Architecture is Political Podcast had the opportunity to present at Pyatok's Skull Session, a weekly meet-up where various guests come to discuss topics related to architectural practices, emerging innovations, and everything in between.

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Urban Renewal & Public Health

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Urban Renewal & Public Health

Carolyn Swope MPH, Well AP, is a doctoral student at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Her research interests focus on the relationship between housing and health disparities, with particular attention to historical housing policies producing present-day housing inequities. Prior to pursuing doctoral studies, Carolyn worked at various organizations promoting healthy housing and communities, spanning the private, nonprofit, and local government sectors. Carolyn received her MPH in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and BA in Anthropology and International Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.

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CONVERSATION W/ SAM SMITH

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CONVERSATION W/ SAM SMITH

Sam Smith is a writer, activist and social critic who has been at the forefront of new ideas and new politics for more than five decades. He covered Washington under nine presidents, edited the Progressive Review for over 50 years, wrote four books, helped to start six organizations including the national Green Party, the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party. In this episode, we talked about urban renewal and if architectural is political.

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CONVERSATION W/ DERRICK WARD

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CONVERSATION W/ DERRICK WARD

Derrick Ward is a general assignment reporter for News4. A native of the District of Columbia, Ward grew up in Marshall Heights and the H Street Corridor in Northeast. He worked for WPFW, WAMU and WTOP, covering major stories such as the Iran-Contra hearings, the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon, and the Washington-area sniper shootings. When Ward made the move to television reporting, his first job was at WKBW-TV in Buffalo. He returned to Washington in 2006 and began reporting for News4. When not working, Ward spends time with his three children. He also plays guitar and golf. Ward currently lives in Bowie, Md.

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ARCHITECTURE & MAPPING SEGREGATION IN DC

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In the episode, we discuss mapping public housing and the displacement of blacks in the district. We also talked about Northwest One and architecture.

Sarah Jane Shoenfeld is an independent scholar and public historian. She co-directs the project Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, which is documenting the former extent of racially restricted housing in the nation's capital along with other historic mechanisms of segregation and displacement. Sarah's company, Prologue DC, engages in a variety of history projects, including research for exhibitions and films, historic landmark and district nominations, oral histories, and walking tours. 

Sarah was the lead historian for several DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails and has produced historical essays and other content for the Smithsonian Institution, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and the PBS series American Experience, among others. She received an M.A. in History and Certificate in Public History from Northeastern University, and is a graduate of DC's Wilson High School. 

PUBLISHED WORK 

"Barry Farm's historic landmark designation was pitted against affordable housing,"                                 The Washington Post, Feb. 21, 2020.

“The history and evolution of Anacostia’s Barry Farm,” D.C. Policy Center, July 9, 2019.

"Open Data Meets History: Mapping Segregation in American Cities, Then and Now," Open Cities: Open Data: Collaborative Cities in the Information Era (Palgrave Mamillan, 2019).

"Mapping segregation in D.C.," D.C. Policy Center, April 23, 2019.

"Race and real estate in mid-century D.C.," D.C. Policy Center, April 16, 2019.

Review, Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappucino City, by Derek S. Hyra, Washington History, Spring 2018.

"Don't let development push out low-income residents," The Washington Post, March 23, 2018. 

"How segregation shaped DC's northernmost ward," Greater Greater Washington, Sep 14, 2017.

"DC's Comprehensive Plan, a document we use today, preserves the racial segregation of our past," Greater Greater Washington, Jun 13, 2017.

"'A Strictly White Residential Section': The Rise and Demise of Racially Restrictive Covenants in Bloomingdale," Washington History, Spring 2017.

Review, Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation’s Capital, by Joan Quigley, H-AfroAm, Feb 2017.



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SOUTHWEST ONE

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SOUTHWEST ONE

In this episode, we embarked on an auditory journey with Carolyn Crouch of Washington Walks. Together, we traversed the captivating landscape of Southwest D.C., unraveling the stories woven into this iconic neighborhood designed by architect Chloethiel Woodard Smith and exploring the profound impact of urban renewal on this historic neighborhood.

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