Jordy Yager
@jordyyager.bsky.social
Journalist • JSAAHC Director of Digital Humanities • Co-Director & Writer Raised/Razed • Executive Producer of Plot of Land • Mapping Cville-Albemarle
"No climbing" signs have been up for a while now, and yet kids are still running on the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers. Makes me sad, mad, and frustrated.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"No climbing" signs have been up for a while now, and yet kids are still running on the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers. Makes me sad, mad, and frustrated.
They say Charlottesville is the Paris of the South…
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
They say Charlottesville is the Paris of the South…
The mission of the Center for Local Knowledge (CLK) at @jsaahccville.bsky.social is rooted in reparative and spatial justice.
The CLK helps empower communities reclaim and celebrate their histories, while also addressing injustices and deepening our collective understanding of the past.
The CLK helps empower communities reclaim and celebrate their histories, while also addressing injustices and deepening our collective understanding of the past.
September 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The mission of the Center for Local Knowledge (CLK) at @jsaahccville.bsky.social is rooted in reparative and spatial justice.
The CLK helps empower communities reclaim and celebrate their histories, while also addressing injustices and deepening our collective understanding of the past.
The CLK helps empower communities reclaim and celebrate their histories, while also addressing injustices and deepening our collective understanding of the past.
“Ever wondered what you would have done during the rise of fascism? You’re doing it RIGHT NOW!”
July 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Ever wondered what you would have done during the rise of fascism? You’re doing it RIGHT NOW!”
Screening Raised/Razed to a group of Government officials from Roanoke, Amherst, Warren, Virginia Beach, Hampton, Shenandoah, Prince George, Staunton, Colonial Beach, Vienna, VA + Ennis, TX, Riverside, MO, Westminster, CO, Gaithersburg, MD + Onslow, Gastonia, and Nags Head, NC.
July 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Screening Raised/Razed to a group of Government officials from Roanoke, Amherst, Warren, Virginia Beach, Hampton, Shenandoah, Prince George, Staunton, Colonial Beach, Vienna, VA + Ennis, TX, Riverside, MO, Westminster, CO, Gaithersburg, MD + Onslow, Gastonia, and Nags Head, NC.
Feels like a good time to remember that when Gregory Swanson applied for admission into UVA Law School, the graduate committee accepted him.
It was the UVA Board of Visitors who overrode that decision and denied him admission, because he was Black.
Swanson took them to court, and won.
It was the UVA Board of Visitors who overrode that decision and denied him admission, because he was Black.
Swanson took them to court, and won.
July 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Feels like a good time to remember that when Gregory Swanson applied for admission into UVA Law School, the graduate committee accepted him.
It was the UVA Board of Visitors who overrode that decision and denied him admission, because he was Black.
Swanson took them to court, and won.
It was the UVA Board of Visitors who overrode that decision and denied him admission, because he was Black.
Swanson took them to court, and won.
One day maybe we'll see the connection between our political and ethical values, and where we spend our money? Maybe?
July 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One day maybe we'll see the connection between our political and ethical values, and where we spend our money? Maybe?
21/ UVA’s transit system is further curtailed and restricted to student needs, charging low-wage workers for mandatory buses and shuttles to satellite locations, forcing tens of thousands of workers into longer, costlier commutes or unemployment.
July 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
21/ UVA’s transit system is further curtailed and restricted to student needs, charging low-wage workers for mandatory buses and shuttles to satellite locations, forcing tens of thousands of workers into longer, costlier commutes or unemployment.
17/ UVA prioritizes hiring new conservative faculty and staff. As they move to Charlottesville and Albemarle they sit on government boards, run for office, and become major donors of efforts that deny systemic racism and equity-driven efforts to repair past harms.
July 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
17/ UVA prioritizes hiring new conservative faculty and staff. As they move to Charlottesville and Albemarle they sit on government boards, run for office, and become major donors of efforts that deny systemic racism and equity-driven efforts to repair past harms.
10/ Law clinics at UVA Law School that once served vulnerable tenants, undocumented immigrants, low-income workers, and the wrongfully accused disappear.
July 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
10/ Law clinics at UVA Law School that once served vulnerable tenants, undocumented immigrants, low-income workers, and the wrongfully accused disappear.
9/ Think about how quickly this could become real:
• Under the guise of “safety,” fear and policing take deeper root as UVA police expands its reach farther into Black neighborhoods. Kids face daily trauma and surveillance, while the unhoused, addicted, and marginalized are incarcerated.
• Under the guise of “safety,” fear and policing take deeper root as UVA police expands its reach farther into Black neighborhoods. Kids face daily trauma and surveillance, while the unhoused, addicted, and marginalized are incarcerated.
July 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
9/ Think about how quickly this could become real:
• Under the guise of “safety,” fear and policing take deeper root as UVA police expands its reach farther into Black neighborhoods. Kids face daily trauma and surveillance, while the unhoused, addicted, and marginalized are incarcerated.
• Under the guise of “safety,” fear and policing take deeper root as UVA police expands its reach farther into Black neighborhoods. Kids face daily trauma and surveillance, while the unhoused, addicted, and marginalized are incarcerated.
This is what the 157-unit building for UVA student housing that LCD Acquisitions LLC is proposing looks like.
Situated between two major generational Black spaces—the historic First Baptist Church to the north, and Castle Hill - Fifeville to the south.
Situated between two major generational Black spaces—the historic First Baptist Church to the north, and Castle Hill - Fifeville to the south.
June 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is what the 157-unit building for UVA student housing that LCD Acquisitions LLC is proposing looks like.
Situated between two major generational Black spaces—the historic First Baptist Church to the north, and Castle Hill - Fifeville to the south.
Situated between two major generational Black spaces—the historic First Baptist Church to the north, and Castle Hill - Fifeville to the south.
I think we'd do well to remember that between 2000-2018 in Charlottesville, White homeownership grew by 20% while Black homeownership declined by 24%
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April 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think we'd do well to remember that between 2000-2018 in Charlottesville, White homeownership grew by 20% while Black homeownership declined by 24%
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Kindlewood residents are designing the new public park at the center of their neighborhood.
Today they hear presentations from Prof. Barbara Brown Wilson's students looking at examples from around the U.S. of how art can be used as culturally responsive design elements in public spaces.
Today they hear presentations from Prof. Barbara Brown Wilson's students looking at examples from around the U.S. of how art can be used as culturally responsive design elements in public spaces.
March 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Kindlewood residents are designing the new public park at the center of their neighborhood.
Today they hear presentations from Prof. Barbara Brown Wilson's students looking at examples from around the U.S. of how art can be used as culturally responsive design elements in public spaces.
Today they hear presentations from Prof. Barbara Brown Wilson's students looking at examples from around the U.S. of how art can be used as culturally responsive design elements in public spaces.
The pathway that leads to and from the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers was designed to mirror the last rays of the setting sun on March 3rd in Charlottesville: Liberation & Freedom Day
March 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The pathway that leads to and from the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers was designed to mirror the last rays of the setting sun on March 3rd in Charlottesville: Liberation & Freedom Day
Today a group of 50 first-graders from Trailblazer came to the JSAAHC to dive into the history of Vinegar Hill. We studied maps & pictures of families & their homes, learned about the many Black-owned cornerstone businesses, and heard stories from residents about life in the community.
February 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Today a group of 50 first-graders from Trailblazer came to the JSAAHC to dive into the history of Vinegar Hill. We studied maps & pictures of families & their homes, learned about the many Black-owned cornerstone businesses, and heard stories from residents about life in the community.
This Sat. Feb. 22, 9-10AM @ the JSAAHC. A public breath. Take a moment to pause, meditate, or just be.
"Find a space of respite and connection during this time of uncertainty."
"Find a space of respite and connection during this time of uncertainty."
February 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This Sat. Feb. 22, 9-10AM @ the JSAAHC. A public breath. Take a moment to pause, meditate, or just be.
"Find a space of respite and connection during this time of uncertainty."
"Find a space of respite and connection during this time of uncertainty."
