Justice-oriented advocates are generally denied the opportunity to bring their whole selves to a space and are more likely to be tokenized — forced to pick their battles, to speak within a constrained set of categories, to suffer outright dismissal for straying too far from those categories, and to serve as stand-ins for the entirety of the diverse communities they represent. Read more about the impetus for the Untokening on Streetsblog LA

Since its founding in 2016, the Untokening has hosted three national convenings, in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Detroit. Our fourth convening will be in Durham, NC on September 5-6, 2019. These gatherings have brought together hundreds of diverse advocates and community leaders to:

• engage in candid discussions about street safety, displacement / gentrification, community engagement and culture

• share experiences of tokenism, sharpen decolonizing tools to grow beyond it, and identify actions to help guide the mobility system toward equity

• address the personal and interpersonal work it takes to be Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) in mobility advocacy, planning, and policy spaces

Co-created with these leaders from across the country, the Untokening has released: 

• Untokening Mobility: Beyond Pavement, Paint and Place

• Untokening 1.0 — Principles of Mobility Justice

• Untokening Leadership Succession and Executive Hiring in Active Transportation Advocacy

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Photos: Top image by Argenis Apolinario from Untokening Atlanta,
middle image by Michael Anaya from Untokening California