Darien Alexander Williams is a PhD student in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. His academic research, which focuses on disaster recovery, community organizing, and marginalized populations has taken him to study in locations and with communities across the country and the world. Here he discusses the connections between his work and the current social unrest surrounding police brutality and Black Lives Matter.

Audio transcript: https://news.mit.edu/2020/-transcript-darien-williams-0624