Coffee & Conversations with Augustus Wood

Class Warfare, Power & the Soul of Black Atlanta

Join us for a warm and engaging community conversation as we welcome Augustus Wood — scholar, author, and keen observer of Atlanta’s shifting social landscape — to The Ka’nekt Cooperative.

Augustus Wood is the author of Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression Under Gentrification, a groundbreaking examination of how gentrification doesn’t just reshape neighborhoods, but exposes deep fault lines of class, power, and political repression within Black communities themselves.

In conversation with moderator Ann Hill Bond, Augustus will explore the real stories behind Atlanta’s transformation: who benefits, who bears the costs, and what grassroots resistance looks like when the forces of displacement wear familiar faces. This is a conversation about power and who really holds it.

Come ready to think, question, and be part of the dialogue. Good coffee, great company, and a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Meet the Speakers

Augustus Wood — Featured Guest

Augustus Wood is a scholar and author whose work centers on urban politics, gentrification, and Black political economy. His book Class Warfare in Black Atlanta exposes how class conflict and state repression shape resistance movements in one of America’s most iconic Black cities.

Ann Hill Bond — Moderator

Ann Hill Bond is Community Engagement Editor at Capital B Atlanta and the founding force behind The Ka’nekt Cooperative. A connector, community builder, and incisive interviewer, Ann brings warmth and intellectual rigor to every conversation, drawing out the insights that matter most to Atlanta’s communities.

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