Vacant properties are more than an eyesore. They are a symptom of systemic injustice and a barrier to thriving communities. Jade and Keia sit down with activist, community development leader, and Council Member Kat Guillaume-Delemar to discuss vacancy, abandonment, and what it truly takes to revitalize a community from the inside out.

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More About Kat’s Work

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Nine years in. Grown and still growing. Jade and Keia revisit a powerful kitchen table conversation with sociologist Dr. Kris Marsh on family, class, and what it truly means to live as a grown woman on your own terms.

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Check out The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class

• https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/economics/economic-stratification/love-jones-cohort-single-and-living-alone-black-middle-class?format=PB
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Womanhood: how we define it, how it defines us, and how it evolves over time. Jade and Keia bring sister-friend, journalist & culture critic Shar Jossell to the kitchen table. Sit with us.

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