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Sociologist Shani Evans, the author of “We Belong Here: Gentrification, White Spacemaking, and a Black Sense Of Place,” leading her colloquium in Buley Library Room 438 on Oct. 22 Photos by Brianna Wallen
10/29/2025

Author seminar confronts gentrification and identity

Based on studies of Portland’s Albina neighborhood, Evans highlighted the voices of Black residents who witnessed their once close-knit community reshaped by gentrification.