Looking Ahead to 2022: The Reporters Roundtable

We didn’t think it possible, but 2021 has tried its best to outdo 2020. The year kicked off with an attempted overthrow of democracy and seems defined by the scope of realities illogically denied: election results, vaccine efficacy, climate change, institutional racism.

At Next City, our reporters forgo the obvious stories that enumerate the wrongs. Instead, they acknowledge those wrongs, then flip the script to center the people who work to make cities places of collective liberation. Despite the year’s dark narrative, our journalists uncovered many inspiring stories, including the demonstrated success and gathering momentum of guaranteed income; the inroads made to lower rates of evictions and homelessness; and the power of people who organize to counter big corporations.

Join a panel of Next City reporters as they dig into the powerful stories that inspired them this year, and the stories they can’t wait to unfold in 2022. This conversation, moderated by Senior Editor Rachel Kaufman, will include welcome remarks by Board Member Andre Perry of the Brookings Institution and presentations by Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello, longtime contributor Emily Nonko, and Housing Correspondent Roshan Abraham. Then we’ll open up the event for a Q&A with the audience.

Solutions of the Year is a multi-day virtual convening, including seven sessions, that will frame the conversation for 2022. This is a members-only special event that is part of our Solutions of the Year program. Anyone who donates to Next City now, or who donated at any time during 2021, is an active member. If you’re not already a member, you can become one by donating to Next City when RSVPing for the event.

WELCOME REMARKS & PANELIST

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Andre Perry
Next City board member
Andre M. Perry is a fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a columnist for the Hechinger Report. He is the author of the new book Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities. A nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, Perry is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has been published by The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, TheRoot.com and CNN.com. Perry has also made appearances on CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, NBC, and ABC. His research focuses on race and structural inequality, education, and economic inclusion. Perry’s recent scholarship at Brookings has analyzed Black-majority cities and institutions in America, focusing on valuable assets worthy of increased investment.

MODERATOR

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Rachel Kaufman
Senior Editor Next City
Rachel Kaufman became Senior Editor after years of contributing to Next City. She freelanced as a writer and editor for The Washington Post, SmithsonianMag.com, National Geographic, DCist, and other outlets while covering transit, housing, and the environment. Kaufman is a member of the Greater Greater Washington Editorial Board.

PRESENTERS

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Roshan Abraham
Housing Correspondent, Next City
Roshan Abraham is a journalist whose reporting on criminal justice, housing and health has appeared in VICE, The Verge, Pacific Standard, The Village Voice, and more. Abraham was a Next City Equitable Cities Fellow from 2020- 2021. A graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Abraham was an Open City Fellow and a Witness Fellow at the Asian American Writers Workshop.

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Oscar Perry Abello
Senior Economics Correspondent, Next City
Oscar Perry Abello covers policies, programs and businesses that seek to address historical disparities in access to jobs, capital and space for economic use in cities. He previously served as Next City’s editor from 2018-2019, and was a Next City Equitable Cities Fellow from 2015- 2016. Since 2011, Abello has covered community development finance, community banking, impact investing, equitable and inclusive economies, affordable housing, fair housing and more. He holds a bachelor’s in economics from Villanova University.

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Emily Nonko
Contributor, Next City
Emily Nonko is a social justice and solutions-oriented reporter based in Brooklyn, New York. She contributes regularly to the urban policy publication Next City examining grassroots efforts to address challenges in cities around the country. She is also an organizer with Empowerment Avenue, a program that supports incarcerated writers being published in the mainstream media.

And all who register will receive a copy of our annual Solutions of the Year special issue magazine. Many solutions in the magazine will be represented during the virtual workshop, which is your chance to understand these ideas more deeply and ask questions.

Location

Webinar

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