Black Kids in Outer Space
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA show about urban planning, walking, bicycling, public transit, Afrofuturism, in our space. For more information please go to http://www.blackkidsinouterspace.com.
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Episodes
BKIOS. June Grant. blink!Lab Architecture
June 19, 2018 00:00 - 32 minutes - 154 MB Videowww.BlackKidsinOuterSpace.com
BKIOS. Damien Goodmon. Housing is a Human Right. Episode 25.
June 07, 2018 00:00 - 44 minutes - 209 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Damien Goodmon. Goodmon is currently the Executive Director of Housing is a Human right. He was founder and former Executive Director of the nonprofit Crenshaw Subway Coalition (“CSC”). CSC and it’s successor organization the Citizens’ Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line seeks to empower stakeholder groups in the area of Crenshaw-Leimert Park-Hyde Park and highlight the issues of equitable and community-centered transportation planning in the pursu...
BKIOS. Tamika Butler. Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
May 31, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 133 MB VideoPlease go to www.BlackKidsinOuterSpace.com for more info. Tamika Butler is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust. Butler was raised in Bellevue, Nebraska in the United States. In 2006, she received Bachelor's degrees in sociology and psychology from Creighton University.
BKIOS. Zahra Ala. Red, Bike, & Green Atlanta /Anna Julia Cooper Learning and Liberation Center
May 24, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 146 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Zahra. Zahra is a life enthusiast. She is a mother, organizer, creative and adventurer. A project starting, wandering, overlover and outdoor junkie. She utilizes space curation, outdoor adventure, food justice, yoga(ing) and being a creative as the root of her community organizing efforts to enhance the quality of life among Black folk. Her work centers Black women and children and meets at the intersection of justice, living in ones values, heali...
BKIOS. Imani Keith Henry. Equality for Flatbush.
May 22, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 44.3 MB VideoImani Keith Henry, is the Founder and Lead Organizer for Equality for Flatbush Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a people of color-led, multi-national grassroots organization that does anti-police repression, affordable housing and anti-gentrification organizing in the Flatbush, East Flatbush and Brooklyn-wide. In 2014, E4F launched its Brooklyn-wide anti-displacement project BEFORE IT'S GONE // TAKE IT BACK: Documenting Brooklyn - Fighting Gentrification . E4F is also the convening org...
BKIOS. Majora Carter. Episode 18.
May 18, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 106 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Majora Carter. Carter is a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems. At Sustainable South Bronx, Carter deployed MIT’s first ever Mobile Fab-Lab (digital fabrication laboratory) to the South Bronx - where it served as an early iteration ...
BKIOS. Newark Historical Renaissance Ride. Episode 17.
May 15, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 35.8 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Spaces interviews the Newark Historical Renaissance Ride's Delanie West and Hassan Abdus-Sabur. The Seersucker Summer Social Ride: The Newark Historical Renaissance Ride is June 16 2018. A guided tour through the great city of Newark in the chosen wards and sites. Seersucker & Summer Linens are the seasonal fashion theme for this ride. Wear your finest seersucker, linens, hats and caps. Be sure to bring your signature style. Best dressed Woman and Male recognit...
BKIOS. Dr. Malo Hutson. Episode 16
May 10, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 119 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space speaks with Malo Hutson. Hutson is an Associate Professor in Urban Planning and founder and director of the Urban Community and Health Equity Lab within the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. He is also an Associate Member of the Earth Institute faculty at Columbia. Hutson is a widely-recognized scholar, teacher, and practitioner whose research at the intersection of urban planning and health inequities is o...
BKIOS. Ayesha McGowan. Episode 15.
May 09, 2018 00:00 - 25 minutes - 41.6 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Ayesha McGowan. McGowan won her first state championship in her third race. It didn't take long for her to notice that she was one of very few females of African-American descent on the scene. In fact, she discovered that there had not been a single African-American pro road cyclist, ever. She has taken it upon herself to become the first. Support her here: http://www.aquickbrownfox.com/ Join InTandem Late Night Donut Ride here: http://www.the...
BKIOS. The Future of New Jersey.
May 05, 2018 00:00 - 42 minutes - 69.5 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space had a panel discussion about the Future of Space in New Jersey with Enjoleah Daye and Thalya Yanell Reyes. Enjoleah Daye is a Transportation Planner and transit equity and bicycle enthusiast with eight years of diverse experience in corridor planning, NEPA analysis, transportation demand management, and technical writing. She is Rutgers grad. Thalya Reyes is a candidate for the dual Master’s in Public Policy and City & Regional Planning from the Bloustei...
BKIOS. Episode 14. Veronica O. Davis. Nspiregreen.
May 03, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes - 46.6 MB VideoVeronica O. Davis, PE is a transportation nerd who uses her knowledge to spark progressive social change in the community. Currently, she is a co-owner and Principal Planning Manager at Nspiregreen LLC. In July 2012, the White House recognized her as a Champion of Change and Transportation Innovator for her professional accomplishments and community advocacy in the District of Columbia. Veronica is one of the co-founders of Black Women Bike (BWB), an organization and movement that en...
BKIOS. Episode 11. Osceola Hansen. Urban Cyclery Bicycle Shop.
April 26, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 44.3 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space spoke with East Orange native Osceola Hansen. For over 30 years East Orange has not had a bike shop, but in April 2017 that changed with the opening of Hansen’s Urban Cyclery Bicycle Shop. In its short time in existence it has taken over social media by storm with entertaining videos of the regular “rideout” rides that it hosts and photos of kids and adults from who come from as far away as Bogota posing with their brand new bikes.
BKIOS. Episode 10. Kweli Campbell. Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
April 25, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes - 103 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Kweli Campbell. Campbell is a Bikeshare Advocate who promotes cycling as a viable mode of transportation especially to communities of color. For the past three years, in collaboration with the Better Bike Share Partnership, Kweli serves as a Bike Share Ambassador and has led many group rides in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. These rides introduce new riders to the NYC bike share program and to cycling in general. From this work, Kweli formed a grou...
BKIOS. Episode 9. Nedra Deadwyler. Civil Bikes.
April 18, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 45.6 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Nedra Deadwyler. Deadwyler is the Founder and Principal Tour Curator of Civil Bikes, an active transportation tour company, based in Atlanta, Georgia. She received a Master of Social Work from New York University and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Georgia. She is currently a Fellow at the Center for Civic Innovation, a social entrepreneur incubator. She has a published chapter, Civil Bikes: embracing Atlanta’s racialized history ...
BKIOS. Episode 8. Adé of Ride On!
April 16, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 457 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Adé. Adé is the founder of Ride On! Bike Shop / Co-Op has a Master of Arts degree in the field of Urban Sustainability with an Undergraduate Degree in Community Development, both from Antioch University of Los Angeles. As the lead on the Great Streets project in South Los Angeles. He was responsible for the team’s successful Crowdfunding campaign, in which they surpassed their goal. Adé has been a strong leader, responsible for conducting, organiz...
BKIOS. Monica Garrison. Black Girls Do Bikes
April 14, 2018 00:00 - 25 minutes - 41 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Monica Garrison. Garrison is the founder of a growing organization called Black Girls Do Bike. She believes that the simple act of riding a bike can be the catalyst to wonderful and empowering experiences for women of all ages. After a summer of re-discovering her affection for cycling but noticing very few women of color riding in her town, Monica set out to find other women with a passion for riding bikes. What started as a simple idea to connec...
BKIOS. Judi Desire.
April 10, 2018 00:00 - 33 minutes - 54.3 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Judith "Judi" Desire. Judi is a native New Yorker, hailing from the borough of Brooklyn. Her passion for cycling inspired her to launch Uptown & Boogie Bicycle Advocacy, an organization that provides cyclist-based social activities to the Uptown Manhattan and Bronx communities. Their goal is to provide New Yorkers with a greater and better understanding of commuting and traveling throughout the city while raising awareness on the health benefits o...
BKIOS. Lawrence T. Brown.
April 10, 2018 00:00 - 25 minutes - 480 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Lawrence T. Brown. Brown is the grandson of Mississippi Delta sharecroppers and preachers. He is a native of West Memphis, Arkansas and moved to Baltimore in the fall of 2010. His current research addresses the impact of historical trauma on community health. He is currently working on a book tentatively entitled The Black Butterfly: Why We Must Make Black Neighborhoods Matter to be published in late 2018 or early 2019. He is a racial equity consu...
BKIOS Kala La Fortune
April 03, 2018 19:10 - 26 minutes - 391 MB VideoKala La Fortune was raised and still lives in Newark. She is the founder of Girls on Bikes. She is a Rutgers graduate and dedicated to supporting, encouraging, and cheering women to go out there and ride.
Black Kids in Outer Space. Dulcie Canton.
April 02, 2018 15:35 - 26 minutes - 44.4 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Dulcie Canton! Canton is a New York native, hailing from Co-op City the Bronx, and long time transportation equity advocate. In 2014 she was involved in a life altering crash when coming home on her bicycle. No one was ever charged with the crime. After her recovery she moved on to Transportation Alternatives where she is currently the Brooklyn Organizer. Her work at Transportation Alternatives has played a pivotal in working to get infrastructure...
#BKIOS Oboi Reed
April 02, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 43.5 MB VideoBlack Kids in Outer Space interviews Olatunji Oboi Reed. Reed's passions are community, culture and health. He works internationally as a tactician, strategist, mobility advocate, community development practitioner and community organizer in the fields of bicycle equity, transportation justice and access to mobility in marginalized communities of color. Oboi serves as the President & CEO of Equiticity, a national advocacy movement operating at the intersection of equity, mobility ...