SESSION 1:

OVERVIEW

Welcome to Home School, Ujima's 6-month hybrid group focused on land and real estate finance and on co-designing our collective real estate fund!

FILES

Session 1 Presentation
Session 1 Notes
Session 1 Recording
Note: Passwords and document access will be shared via email. Please check follow-up emails for more details.


MEETING

Date: January 20, 2025
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM EST
Location: In Person & Virtual on Zoom

HOMEWORK

Reflections
Submit your reflections here.

Prompt 1: How do you see real estate shaping access to housing and the use of space in urban and rural communities? What role does control over land and housing play in determining who gets access to these spaces?

Prompt 2: In what ways do decisions about real estate development, zoning, and land use affect power dynamics within a community? How does control over space impact local residents’ ability to shape their environments and futures?

Prompt 3: How does land ownership and control influence political power and community development? How do economic systems use land as a resource, and what impact does this have on the communities that rely on it?

Prompt 4: How have real estate practices historically shaped political, economic, and community systems in Boston and the larger New England area?

Prompt 5: How does land access shape a sense of connection to space, home and community? How does land help form our social bonds, identity, sense of home and belonging?


STUDY

Check out Ujima’s study guide on Land & Real Estate, featuring resources like Reconstructions: Architecture & Blackness in America; a video on Black towns and more.

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