AJ Calhoun

tweeting about cities & faith // @uchicago, @reformtheosem, @fulbrightprogram, & @furmanu alum.

[The Charlotte Observer @theobserver]

The new Opportunity Compass is the first of its kind to measure a city’s progress on economic mobility, according to a news release. https://t.co/lbQgTFRymN

[Leading on Opportunity @OpportunityCLT]

Congratulations to AJ Calhoun for being named to the "Top 30 Under 30" class of 2022! Sponsored by @ElevateCLT, the list spotlights future leaders of Charlotte. We are proud of you, AJ! 👏🏾

[Chris Hutchinson 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇮🇷 🕊️ @CAHutch1990]

🧵 I finished Reparations by @dukekwondc and @_wgthompson. I read it slowly. For someone new to the idea, it was a lot to absorb.

But in the end - and this may make no one happy - I actually thought it was quite moderate in its proposals. 1/22

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

I think I've watched this clip after every debate for the past 8 years https://t.co/w8mdA68w9N

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

For those who are interested in research-based solutions to stop police violence, here’s what you need to know - based on the facts and data. A thread. (1/x)

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about the importance of church buildings, this is a great reminder that it’s really people who build the church

[TODAY @TODAYshow]

.@HarrySmith shows us how Americans are finding new ways to observe Easter and Passover despite social distancing.

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

Why is there no @netflix or @Hulu series highlighting the amazing locations and interpreters of the @NatlParkService?

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

rule #1 for designing religious structures: address community needs before focusing on the needs of the congregation https://t.co/O8zoSG9JgM

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

What if we could build smart cities in which the built environment was responsive to changes in the needs of citizens in real time? https://t.co/1FzNI8ZXng

[Sara Joy @sjproppe]

Designing cities to counter loneliness? Let's explore the possibilities. What are your ideas? https://t.co/Hw0WDIWfWP via @ConversationEDU

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

Preserving and investing in institutions is essential to promoting the common good https://t.co/Wl3xF82uiV

[MicrоStrаtеgу @cnunextgen]

Another great thread by @schmangee

“Car ownership is the price of basic participation in our economy in America. And that is a very very steep price for low income people”

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

Whenever I’m back in North Carolina I can’t help thinking about how the city/lifestyle is entirely dependent on cars. https://t.co/ZRmJSC2Kpf

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

As we have become ever more mobile and more connected and absorbed in a panoply of things that are not immediately present to us, our actual and tangible places seem less and less important to us, more and more transient or provisional or even disposable. https://t.co/SB3LgUIntA

[National Complete Streets Coalition @completestreets]

What even is loitering? Check out this visual storytelling of laws against being somewhere you’re not wanted from @arielabergriger at @CityLab https://t.co/ka7GF9VTR7

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

"The trouble with the functionalist city... is that it reduces city dwellers to abstract economic actors, and leaves as secondary those goods and relationships that make for a full human life." https://t.co/fNBlUNjjyf

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

@MoviePass @SFGate @DaveedDiggs @RafaelCasal Wish I could but you’ve blocked all the showtimes in Seattle before 10pm...

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

@PearsonFowler Yes, it should. How does August sound?

[AJ Calhoun @aj_calhoun]

Urban planners design a more user friendly future for the US-Mexico border with a proposed bike path. https://t.co/HY9gz5kqWH via @Curbed