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Featured: POLICY AND ADVOCACY CONFERENCE A Digital Experience, a Critical Moment

Join APA digitally at the 2020 Policy and Advocacy Conference for two days of expert-led discussion as we bring Capitol Hill to you. This is a unique, hands-on space to learn how to advocate for planning, be a part of the conversation around recovery, meet with legislators, and hear from experts on critical planning policy issues. Early bird registration is now open through September 1.

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Equity Doesn't Happen By Accident

In the latest of the Voices of Equity in Planning video series, Kirk Harris, JD, PhD, advises planners to be aware of the history and structures that perpetuate inequality, and offers suggestions for motivating and organizing.

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Volunteer Your Time and Earn CM

AICP members may earn up to eight CM credits per reporting period by logging pro bono planning service. Provide planning support to underserved communities, mentor the next generation of planners, or volunteer your time to serve APA or other organizations, to contribute to your community and earn CM.

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Podcast: Planners Are Vital to COVID-19 Recovery

Planners have the ability to hit the pause button and ask, "Do we really want to go back to the way it was before?" Medical anthropologist Dr. Monica Schoch-Spana talks about the commonalities between natural disasters and the coronavirus pandemic, and planners' roles in the latest episode of the Resilience Roundtable.

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    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.
  • Community Revitalization | Mixed Land Uses

    Making the Case for Mixed-Use, Sub-Urbanism

    Urban centers are experiencing a renaissance. Explore the changing preferences that are driving jobs away from suburban auto-oriented business parks to mixed-use “urban” centers—and how “sub-urbanism” (or the urbanization of suburbs) can change the competitive position of the suburbs. Learn how to establish a new urban structure that works in a suburban setting.
  • 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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