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Featured: POLICY AND ADVOCACY CONFERENCE Bringing Capitol Hill to Planners

Follow along as planners across the country join APA for the Policy and Advocacy Conference. We’re putting Capitol Hill in the hands of attendees as they remotely connect with members of Congress on planning-led recovery and reinvention in communities and hear from experts on critical planning-focused policies around surface transportation, the challenges of COVID-era infrastructure, the impact of state-level legislation, and more.

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Equity is Our Central Duty

Integrating equity into planning work isn't easy. Kadie Bell Sata, AICP, advises that planners make sure they take the time to operationalize equity — turning conceptual understanding into changes in planning practice.

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Celebrate the 2020 Class of Fellows

In celebration of the 2020 Class of Fellows, we asked them for their insights about the past, present, and future of planning. Read their responses on topics like social equity, career growth, and the impact of COVID-19 on the profession.

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Fighting for Federal Support

We know planners are essential to community recovery. But funding for their programs — and jobs — is disappearing just when they are most needed to position communities for reinvention. Hear some of their stories.

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    COVID-19 | Hazards | Health | Plans

    COVID-19 & the Future of Planning

    The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted how we live, work, play, and move around our communities. It also has changed how planners think about and prepare for the future, while navigating the impacts of social inequity.
  • Housing Policy | Law

    Housing for Diversity: Ending Segregation Through Zoning

    Limiting zoning districts to homes occupied by the historical definition of “family” contained in zoning codes has encouraged residential segregation and housing unaffordability. This course examines existing laws and offers suggestions for how zoning might be tweaked to respond to many of the changing norms of the American family.
  • Planning Methods and Tools | Public Participation | Social Justice and Equity

    What is a Diálogo?

    The original purpose behind all the Diálogos was to set a national agenda for planning for Latinos in the U.S. and to ultimately provide a tool for Latino planners. Diálogos is a bottom-up approach that provides a platform for those voices of communities to be heard, and pathway to bring them to the planning table.
  • Planning Methods and Tools | Public Participation | Social Justice and Equity

    Addressing Cultural Divides

    Lack of information in Spanish and cultural divides often keep Latinos away from the public planning process. Engagement with Latino communities is very weak or non-existent in many places. How can we better connect with Latino communities in the cities we work with to ensure they are an active voice in decision-making?
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Road to Recovery: An APA Chat with John Porcari

APA president Kurt Christiansen, FAICP, chats with John Porcari, president of Advisory Services for WSP and former deputy secretary at U.S. DOT, about the road to recovery and the essential role of planners in restoring our economy and rebuilding communities.

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