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Featured: LEADING CHANGE THROUGH ADVOCACY Join Us For the 2021 Policy and Advocacy Conference

Your voice is a powerful catalyst. Join us at the Policy and Advocacy Conference to break through the noise with your ideas!

At this year's Policy & Advocacy conference, we're bringing together changemakers like you for two days of action-packed programming designed to create tangible change.

Join us for a powerful, empowering, and inspirational experience that you won't want to miss.

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Planning, Equity, and Politics

Making a true impact on social equity requires more than political savvy. Wes Grooms, Ph.D., shares his recommendation that planners look toward elected office as a way to use their skills and understanding of social equity for the public good.

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Find CM-Eligible Education

Invest in yourself and your career with professional development. Get planning education while maintaining your AICP certification — log your CM credits today!

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Vacant Lots Bolster Climate Resilience

Dig into this APA Research work on how vacant lots can help bolster climate resilience, expand access to nature, and create economic opportunities, as well as provide critical pollinator habitats.

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    Ethics | Planning History and Theory

    Ethics Cases of the Year: 2021

    Ethics is at the core of the certified planner's professional obligation to serve the public interest. Learn from a half-dozen real-life ethics case studies focused on current ethical issues faced by planners.
  • Community Engagement | Planning Methods and Tools | Sustainability and Resilience

    You've Got a Climate Action Plan – Now What?

    To avoid the catastrophic impacts of a warming planet, significant carbon reduction is needed by 2030. Take a look at tools that can help planners create the implementation structures that can shift from bold plans to bold action.

  • Risk Based Transportation Planning for Uncertainty

    Recent university research shows how risk and uncertainty impact transportation and community planning. This session will present strategies tools and methods for incorporating risk into long-range planning efforts.

  • From the Trenches: Abolishing Parking Minimums

    Many cities need parking reform to meet housing affordability, emissions, and public health goals. Learn from cities recently approving and implementing the removal of minimums. This session is all about action: how they did it, and how you can, too.
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We Cannot Plan for Equity from Our Desks

Jonathan Pacheco Bell urges planners to center equity by getting out into the community to better hear and understand the challenges their communities are facing.

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