Nneka N'namdi
BALTIMORE, MD -- 1/10/22 -- Nneka Nânamdi founded Fight Blight Bmore to track and address the multifaceted impact of blight on communities and sees a direct line between historical racial terror and the condition of distressed Black communities today.
On the multitude of recent vigilante and police killings that have come to light in recent years she says, âIf we look at these killings, these lynchings, they happen in neighborhoods where you have blight, where the physical condition has eroded in such a way that it has damaged the mental, emotional and economic health of the people. So, it (blight) basically supports this violence and the interpersonal violence that we see in community is a direct reflection of how people feel about themselves based on the conditions in which they live."â¦by André Chung/ICTJ