“Losing My Home is Like a Death to Me:”
A Collective Narrative Investigation Into the Slow Violence of Urban Renewal
Presented by Nicole King and Sonia Eaddy
The long-stalled redevelopment of the Poppleton neighborhood presents a case study of the harms of urban renewal and the resistance of residents. It also shows how institutions of higher education and communities can work together for change, and how public history and historic preservation can be used in the fight against displacement.
Nicole King is associate professor of American Studies and co-directs the Orser Center for Public Humanities at UMBC. Sonia Eaddy, a fourth-generation Poppleton resident, is president of the Poppleton NOW! neighborhood association.
Reception at 7 PM, talk begins at 7:30 PM.
