Activism

Leslie St Dre (formerly Dreyer) is an artist, organizer and educator dedicated to building joyfully militant and intersectional movements for land and housing justice. They’ve spent the past decade honing a tactical arts organizing practice utilizing integrated narrative and media strategies. This work merges popular education, on-the-ground organizing, direct action, performance and visual art towards specific goals to change our collective situation. The actions become ephemeral multigenerational community spaces where unhoused and housed...

Jennifer Wolch is a scholar of urban analysis and planning. Her past work focused on urban homelessness and the delivery of affordable housing and human services for poor people. She has also studied urban sprawl and alternative approaches to city-building such as smart growth and new urbanism. An early investigator of animal-society relations in cities, she has proposed strategies for human-animal co-existence in an urbanizing world. Her most recent work analyzes connections between city form, physical activity, and public health, and develops strategies to address...

Sara Kimberlin serves as Executive Director and Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Poverty and Inequality. Her research examines how poverty is measured, as well how social policies such as tax credits, safety net programs, and cash-based interventions affect the economic security of families and individuals with low incomes. She also focuses on housing affordability and homelessness and effective policy approaches to address these challenges. Before joining Stanford CPI in her current role, Sara served in a variety of positions focused on policy and practice...