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Rebecca Walker

@RebHWalker

PhD student @ UMN. urban planner and map-maker for environmental justice. housing justice is climate justice. don’t talk to cops 🦋 🌹she/her

 Occupied Dakota land, MN
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Joined September 2018
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Andrew Greenlee@urbprof4 May 2023
Very excited to welcome @Colleen67882849 @operezfi and @RebHWalker to our @planningatil, @FAAatIllinois, and @UofIllinois community as Assistant Professors starting this fall! urban.illinois.edu/about-us/… – at Champaign, IL

Planning at Illinois Welcomes Three New Faculty Members | Department of Urban & Regional Planning

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MSP-LTER@MSP_LTER13 Apr 2023
Check out @MinnPost's coverage of MSP-LTER researchers @RebHWalker, @HannahRamer2, @katederickson, and @BonnieKeeler's study on historical racial disparities in Minneapolis park development and access to #urbannature.
MinnPost (@MinnPost) profile pictureMinnPost@MinnPost4 Apr 2023
The Minneapolis park board historically partnered with real estate developers to build parks in neighborhoods with racial covenants, which legally prevented non-white people from buying or occupying the land. minnpost.com/race-health-equ… by @kian_ava
Disparities in the Minneapolis park system and their health implications on communities of color

Disparities in the Minneapolis park system and their health implications on communities of color

From 1910 to 1955, when covenants were used in Minneapolis, 73% of new park areas had at least one racial covenant within a block of the park.

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Thanks to MinnPost for covering our recently published research on how racial segregation in Minneapolis shaped the city’s park system!
Ava Kian (@kian_ava) profile pictureAva Kian@kian_ava4 Apr 2023
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“This research shows that disparities in Minneapolis’ park system weren’t an accident — parks, race and real estate have always been deeply intertwined,” said @RebHWalker, an author of the study.
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You may have heard that species like coyotes are territorial, but it can be hard to visualize what that means. This map shows GPS movements of 11 coyotes (each one a different color) that we've collared and tracked in the TCCFP since 2020, showing clear territory boundaries.
Image from Twin Cities Coyote & Fox Project (@tccfp_umn)
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Listen to @RebHWalker discuss her latest journal article on how racial covenants and development in Minneapolis have impacted the physical and social landscape over time. Don't miss out on this interesting episode! #environmentalprivilege #racialcovenants anchor.fm/densecitypod/episo…
22: Making the City of Lakes: Whiteness, Nature, and Urban Development in Minneapolis by Dense City

22: Making the City of Lakes: Whiteness, Nature, and Urban Development in Minneapolis by Dense City

We welcome Rebecca Walker, who is a Ph.D. Candidate in Urban and Regional Planning at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Her research considers the intersection of...

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Robin4mpls@robin4mpls26 Feb 2023
Our East Phillips community members matter. Native lives matter. Black lives matter. Hmong lives matter. From East Phillips to East Saint Paul, we are going to hold the line because our children deserve it.
Environmental Justice is Everybody's Issue rally hosted by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, East Phillips Neighborhood Institute and Twin Cities DSA.

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Councilmember Robin Wonsley, Councilmember Jason Chavez, SEIU Local 26 president Greg Nammacher, MFT Vice President Marcia Howard and MFT member Jessica Garraway speak in support of the community-led vision for the Roof Depot.

ALT Councilmember Robin Wonsley, Councilmember Jason Chavez, SEIU Local 26 president Greg Nammacher, MFT Vice President Marcia Howard and MFT member Jessica Garraway speak in support of the community-led vision for the Roof Depot.

Rally in front of a Saint Paul Police Department station for justice for Yia Xiong.

ALT Rally in front of a Saint Paul Police Department station for justice for Yia Xiong.

Rally in front of a Saint Paul Police Department station for justice for Yia Xiong.

ALT Rally in front of a Saint Paul Police Department station for justice for Yia Xiong.

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naomi@alexbobskers23 Feb 2023
The Roof Depot is in @RepHassan and @IlhanMN’s district and neither have said anything about its impending demolition, or the arsenic plume that will be released into a 70% PoC neighborhood with the largest native-preference public housing development in the US!
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jeff rose@jnrose511 Feb 2023
There are very few benefits to clearing encampments in public spaces. Doing so is a political decision, with devastating implications. eenews.net/articles/nps-unde… #HousingFirst

NPS under fire for plan to clear D.C. homeless encampment

Advocates want Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to block the National Park Service from evicting more than 70 people who live in an encampment at McPherson

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Police are removing supplies from the Roof Depot occupation site.
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naomi@alexbobskers22 Feb 2023
all eyes on Minneapolis
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Haven't signed a union card yet? Worried you won't be able to due to being snowed in? Make sure you've filled out this form or gotten in touch with a department organizer- rain, snow, or historic blizzard we will find a way to get that card to your door. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

GLU Union Card Interest Form

On February 20th, we launched our campaign to win a union at the University of Minnesota! To get an election, we need to collect signatures on union cards. However, these cards have to be physically...

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An Indgineous-led occupation of the Roof Depot building in the East Phillips neighborhood is underway. If you are able, please consider donating to help support those on the ground at Nenoocaasi Camp. Urban farm, not toxic harm!
If you’re looking to help the occupation of the Roof Depot building, the following items are needed at 27th and Longfello: firewood, a warming tent, food, water, heavy materials to anchor tents, and yourself. If you are unable to go to the occupation site itself, you can donate at 3028 14th Ave S.

ALT If you’re looking to help the occupation of the Roof Depot building, the following items are needed at 27th and Longfello: firewood, a warming tent, food, water, heavy materials to anchor tents, and yourself. If you are unable to go to the occupation site itself, you can donate at 3028 14th Ave S.

Venmo information for Roof Depot occupation.

ALT Venmo information for Roof Depot occupation.

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Happening Now: LANDBACK Action to Defend & Protect #EastPhillips Neighborhood #Minneapolis #MN Indigenous relatives & allies gathered in ceremony & set up camp to hold space at Roof Depot in #EastPhillips neighborhood #Minneapolis #MN @epni_urbanfarm
Image from NDN Collective (@ndncollective)
Image from NDN Collective (@ndncollective)
Image from NDN Collective (@ndncollective)
Image from NDN Collective (@ndncollective)
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Kyle Stokes@kystokes21 Feb 2023
RIGHT NOW: About 30 people are occupying the former Roof Depot site in East Phillips. They vow to stay until @CityMinneapolis abandons plans to expand a public works campus here. Demolition of the building, which would pave way for the city’s plans, could begin next week.
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Rebecca Walker@RebHWalker21 Feb 2023
Replying to @epni_urbanfarm
This zoning map (1920) shows how Mpls City gov *intentionally* put pollution in East Phillips. They zoned the majority of the neighborhood as industrial (red and blue), exposing low-income renters (orange) to pollution. The City created this envi racism and now is doubling down
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A million thanks to all 300 of you who were able to attend our rally to kick off our card drive earlier today and to our energizing slate of speakers! If you missed it, you can watch the recording here. youtube.com/live/OV_lTg-LN8A…
GLU-UE card drop

GLU-UE card drop

Livestream for the kick-off rally for the GLU-UE card drive at the ...

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The moment you’ve been waiting for is finally here! Graduate workers at the University of Minnesota are signing cards in support of unionizing because we know we are stronger together–and that the U works because WE do! Learn more at umnglu.org
Image from UMN Graduate Labor Union- UE 1105 (@umnglu)
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5 minute action request! The City of Mpls could start demolishing the East Phillips Roof Depot as soon as 2/27. Call Rachel Contracting LLC and tell them to drop the contract and stop the demolition! Follow this link to sign up for a shift: calendly.com/defendphillips/…
Graphic providing information about phone zap to prevent Roof Depot demolition. Text: RACHEL COMMITTED TO TOXIC HARM? Rachel Contracting based in St. Michael, MN is the company hired by Mayor Jacob Frey to tear down the Roof Depot building and bulldoze over the community vision for an urban farm. Call Rachel Contracting and tell them to drop their contract with the city of Minneapolis: Rachel Contracting (main office): 763-424-1500 Don Rachel, CEO (cell phone - call or text) 763-477-2400 Tell Mayor Jacob Frey to stop demolition and remove the entire Public Works campus from East Phillips: Jacob Frey (cell phone - call or text): 612-968-4443 DEFEND THE DEPOT For more info about Rachel Contracting & more ways to help: DefendTheDepot.com

ALT Graphic providing information about phone zap to prevent Roof Depot demolition. Text: RACHEL COMMITTED TO TOXIC HARM? Rachel Contracting based in St. Michael, MN is the company hired by Mayor Jacob Frey to tear down the Roof Depot building and bulldoze over the community vision for an urban farm. Call Rachel Contracting and tell them to drop their contract with the city of Minneapolis: Rachel Contracting (main office): 763-424-1500 Don Rachel, CEO (cell phone - call or text) 763-477-2400 Tell Mayor Jacob Frey to stop demolition and remove the entire Public Works campus from East Phillips: Jacob Frey (cell phone - call or text): 612-968-4443 DEFEND THE DEPOT For more info about Rachel Contracting & more ways to help: DefendTheDepot.com

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Thanks to those who came out today for "Atlanta to Minneapolis: Defend the Forest, Defend East Phillips". And thanks to those for spreading the word otherwise if in-person isn't available to you. 💓 #UrbanFarmNotToxicHarm
Image from East Phillips Urban Farm (@epni_urbanfarm)
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