Blogs

APA Ambassadors Adapt During COVID-19 With Self-Guided Tours

Meagan Booth, an APA Ambassador in Utah, has been exploring ways to continue teaching children about planning in the midst of the pandemic.

Building a Participation Ladder With Youth

Uncovering JAPA: What possibilities would we have if youth could participate more fully in planning? Read about three new rungs of youth participation.

December 31, 2019

New Vision in 2020: APA Student Leadership

Meet the members of the 2020 APA Student Representative Council Executive Committee.

Emerging Professionals Plug Planning Across Borders

SRC Chair Rachael Thompson Panik and Past Chair Ellen Forthofer recently traveled to Ottawa, Canada, to speak on a panel of young professional leaders in APA and the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP).

APA Ambassador Leads Florida Students in Mock Council Meeting

APA Ambassador Kim Glas-Castro, AICP, fashioned a public hearing scenario in which a development proposal was under consideration. Forty sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students who are involved in the school's student government participated.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.