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Alexander Fella is a professor of Anthropology at Christopher Newport University. This conversation focuses on Fella’s writing and research on rent, section eight housing vouchers, evictions and home ownership in Norfolk.
Antipas Harris is a community leader with the Urban Renewal Center, a faith-led community organization. Harris discusses his experiences working at a homeless shelter in Norfolk, including the impacts of flooding on people experiencing homelessness in the city. Harris reflects on his role as a faith leader and the changing nature of the city.
Cassandra Newby-Alexander is a luminary historian of Black culture in the Tidewater area of Virginia, and Dean of the HBCU Norfolk State University, beginning in 2018. Chinedu Okala is a celebrated artist and Associate Dean of NSU at the time of this interview. Newby-Alexander discusses her experiences from childhood to adulthood with flooding in the city, illustrating her experiences with historical context around the City’s restriction Black residents’ housing. Okala discusses the history of race in the US and the current political climate.
Johnny Finn is an Associate Professor of Geography and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology at Christopher Newport University. In this interview, he connects his research on redlining in Hampton Roads to Norfolk’s city planning efforts in the face of sea-level rise.
Renee Hoyos is the former Environmental Justice director for Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), where she worked for 18 months between 2021-2022. This interview discusses her time with the agency, the limitations of the DEQ, and why she left her position.
Skip Styles lives in Norfolk, Virginia and is retired from his position as Director of the environmental nonprofit Wetlands Watch, located in Norfolk, Virginia, where he served from 2006 to 2023. The conversation is about the initiatives Styles pioneered through Wetlands Watch, including rolling easements and riparian buffers, that aim to reduce the harm of sea-level rise in Hampton Roads.
Vincent Hodges is a social worker and worked as an organizer between 2021-2022 with New Virginia Majority, a nonprofit focused on racial and economic justice in Virginia. Hodges discusses his firsthand experiences working with residents in St Paul’s, a public housing complex in Norfolk. He discusses the state of public housing infrastructure, his concerns about working with Norfolk City Council for resolution, and his perspective on the political climate of the City.
