Gregory Jost

About this Speaker

Gregory Jost is a Bronx-based bridge-builder, educator and facilitator with expertise in structural inequality and strategies for racial equity in community reinvestment. He is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Fordham University where he focuses on the Bronx's history with redlining and grassroots solutions to systemic issues. Gregory's work at Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association in the South Bronx keeps him grounded in current campaigns fighting back against predatory equity and displacement and fighting forward for community ownership and economic democracy. He also serves as the Board Chair of New Economy Project, worked with Designing the WE on the Undesign the Redline exhibit, and is currently writing a book on the Bronx's battles against redlining.