Professors, researcher talk gentrification’s lasting impacts on Black communities during webinar

by Brittany N. Gaddy The Colvin Institute of Real Estate held a webinar Wednesday for the University of Maryland community about gentrification and the deracination of the Black community in Harlem, New York and Washington as a part of the institute’s fall lecture series. Willow Lung-Amam, an associate professor of the urban studies and planning program and the director of community development for the National … Continue reading Professors, researcher talk gentrification’s lasting impacts on Black communities during webinar

Baha’i event sheds light on dangers of environmental racism

By Maya Rosenberg Dr. Sacoby Wilson, an associate professor in UMD’s School of Public Health, delivered his lecture on environmental racism and slavery in modern America at the university on Thursday.   Wilson’s lecture compared the old Jim Crow laws of discrimination and separation between black and white people to the “new Jim Crow,” which includes gentrification, unequal zoning and police brutality, according to Wilson.  … Continue reading Baha’i event sheds light on dangers of environmental racism