Reparations, Afro-Futurism and Housing Justice with Rasheedah Phillips of PolicyLink
Download MP3Rasheedah Phillips, Director of Housing, leads Policy Links’ national advocacy to support the growing tenants’ rights, housing and land use movements and partnerships with grassroots partners, movement leaders, industry and government previously serving as Managing Attorney of Housing Policy at the Community Legal Services of Philadelphia. In this episode she explores reparations, afro-futurism and housing justice.
Housing justice is an important element of the movement for reparations, given this country’s history of housing discrimination, including redlining, credit and appraisal fraud, blockbusting and many other discriminatory practices. Repairing what’s broken requires both an understanding of current housing policy as well as grounding in an afro-futuristic vision of what’s possible.
Our guest today is Rasheedah Phillips.
Rasheedah is the Director of Housing at Policy Link, a national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity. She leads their national advocacy efforts to support the growing tenants’ rights, housing and land use movements. Rasheedah collaborates with grassroots partners, movement leaders, industry and government to envision an equitable future and housing for all. Rasheedah is also an interdisciplinary Afrofuturist artist and cultural producer.
