Divisions
APA Covers Your Planning Specialty and Interest Areas
Learn more about opportunities for:
- Professional development and specific training
- Connecting with those who share your specific planning passions
- Continuing education
- Contributing to national policy work
- Leadership
- Scholarships, grants, fellowships
- Awards
Choose from among 25 divisions and join a community of professionals with shared interests. Areas range from city, regional, rural, federal, and international planning to environmental, hazard mitigation, housing, and transportation planning to many more topics.
Coming soon, all APA members will be able to join one division for no additional cost! You can opt-in to the division of your choice when you join as a new member or as you renew your existing membership.
Read more about the Division Member Benefit.
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APA Interest Groups
Explore these online communities, which are volunteer-led and have no dues or membership requirements:
- Asian and Pacific Islander Interest Group
- Community Engagement Interest Group
- Design Thinking In Planning Interest Group
- Healthy Communities Collaborative
- Health Equity and Planning Interest Group
- Japan-United States Collaboration Group
- Planning with Underserved Populations Interest Group
- Smart Cities Interest Group
- Water and Planning Network