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June 7, 2019
New Graphic Novel Aims to Engage Teens With Planning
Can a graphic novel about planning inspire communities and planning organizations to achieve greater outreach and more thoughtful engagement with teens? -
November 26, 2018
APA Interest Group Incorporates Public Schools into Community Planning
The APA Public Schools Interest Group looks to improve equity by creating stronger linkages between the planning profession and public school districts. -
November 20, 2018
APA Ambassador Leads Florida Students in Mock Council Meeting for Planning Month
APA Ambassador Kim Glas-Castro, AICP, celebrated National Community Planning Month with a mock council meeting at Palm Springs Middle School in Florida. -
October 8, 2018
APA Ambassadors Use “The Lorax” to Teach Planning Lessons to Youth
APA Ambassadors Diana Wilson, AICP, and Lisa Lattu, AICP, excite kids about the importance of the planning profession and trees using Dr. Seuss's book "The Lorax." -
August 14, 2018
APA Ambassador Highlights Planning on Palm Springs Career Day
APA Ambassador Kimberly Glas-Castro, AICP, excites students about planning as a career choice. -
July 17, 2018
APA Ambassador Brings Children’s Workshop to Life in Texas
APA Ambassador Diana Wilson, AICP, partnered with Texas A&M University to engage youth and their parents in planning process. -
June 18, 2018
APA Ambassador Turns Students into Map Makers in Polk City, Florida
APA Ambassador Leny Huaman builds off the APA Florida Chapter’s Kindergarten to 2nd Grade Guidebook to teach elementary students about creating plans for their city. -
May 21, 2018
APA Ambassadors Empower Middle School Girls Through Crafting
APA Ambassador Shawna Kitzman, AICP, and her team from Fitzgerald, build off the Girls Are Brave program to teach middle school girls about the power planning and zoning plays to improve communities. -
May 14, 2018
Empowering Youth — and Planners — at NPC18
A partnership between YEP! Youth Engagement Planning, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Louisiana, and APA's CPAT program organized a youth engagement workshop during the 2018 APA National Planning Conference in New Orleans. -
March 22, 2018
APA Ambassador Gives San Francisco Youth a Fresh Look at the City
APA Ambassador Deland Chan, AICP, designed a workshop for youth in San Francisco’s Chinatown to learn how to collect and synthesize data about their urban environment. -
March 5, 2018
APA Ambassadors Bring “Kidtropolis” to Iowa Classroom
APA Ambassadors used exercises from the “Metropolis” curriculum developed by John Martoni to help kids envision what a “kid-friendly” and “green” city means to them. -
January 22, 2018
APA Ambassador and Sanger Residents Plan for Healthy, Active Lifestyles
APA Ambassador Keith Woodcock and residents of Sanger, California — part of a family network called Champions for Change — met to discuss ways to incorporate healthy, safe, and nutritious lifestyles into the Sanger General Plan. -
January 9, 2018
"Park for All" Playground Brings Together APA Ambassador and Texas Students
Ambassador Diana Wilson visited a 7th grade elementary classroom in La Grange, Texas, to hear from students about a new playground and talk about health and fitness. -
November 7, 2017
APA Ambassadors Give Students Sky-High View of Planning
APA Ambassadors recount their experience with students at the Research Triangle Park STEM Expo in North Carolina, engaging students with aerial imagery of planning trends from around the world. -
October 31, 2017
Students Shape a City at Summer Planning Camp
Recent University of Washington grad Stephanie Velasco shares her experience working as a camp instructor for "Next City," a planning summer camp offered by the university's Robinson Center for Young Scholars. -
October 24, 2017
Teaching Planning Through Great Places in America
M. Margo Wheeler, FAICP, introduces a new crop of college students to planning every year through APA’s Great Places in America. -
October 17, 2017
APA Ambassadors Introduce Youth to Planning on Atlanta’s Westside
In August 2017, Atlanta-based planners from APD Urban Planning and Management visited the Mattie Freeland Home to host an Ambassador workshop that focused on community agency in planning processes. -
October 9, 2017
APA Ambassador Makes Water Facts Fun in La Grange, Texas
APA Ambassador Diana Wilson made learning fun with water games at the LaGrange County Library's Amazing Water story hour in LaGrange, Texas. -
September 8, 2017
Plan4Health Success Story: Mount Hope Coalition to Increase Food Security
Through Plan4Health, the Mount Hope Coalition to Increase Food Security in Providence, Rhode Island, aims to educate residents on the health and economic benefits of producing locally grown food and options for securing fresh, healthy food. -
August 22, 2017
APA Ambassador and Teen Girls Celebrate Octavia Butler
APA Ambassador Daphne Lundi hosted a workshop in collaboration with the Brooklyn-based Octavia Project, which builds on girls' love for science fiction and fantasy to teach skills in STEM and community building. -
July 17, 2017
Transportation Planning Goes for a Ride in Cambridge, Massachusetts
APA Ambassadors Katie Lamoureux and Rachel Strauss McBrien lead students in transportation planning activities. -
June 28, 2017
APA Ambassador Tells the Planning Story With Box City Denver
APA Ambassador Jason Morrison leads youth and volunteers in the creation of a life-sized Box City display in Denver, Colorado. -
April 14, 2017
Timber Town Gets a Planning Boost from APA's Oregon Chapter
In March 2017, APA-Oregon helped the town of Willamina in the inaugural project of its newly established Community Assistance Planning Program. -
September 30, 2016
YMCA Leader’s Club Learns About Zoning with APA Ambassador in Chicago
APA Ambassador Kim Porter, AICP, works to promote planning at the Teen Leaders Club at the YMCA in Irving Park, Chicago. -
May 12, 2016
Teaching Conservation Planning to 3rd Graders
Two APA Ambassadors worked with a 3rd grade class learning about conservation planning.
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