Diversity Summit II Monday, March 21, 2005 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco Making Great Communities Happen American Planning

Diversity Summit II

Monday, March 21, 2005

1:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco

Making Great Communities Happen

American Planning Association

APA Diversity Accomplishments



2004 Diversity Accomplishments

This presentation shows some of the work APA has done in the past year to:

1. Elevate the work of minorities; 2. Focus on issues of relevance to minority

populations; 3. Recruit, retain, and better serve minority

members.




Membership and Recruitment:• Appointment of a Diversity

Task Force to plan Diversity Summit II, and make recommendations on minority recruitment.

• AICP Minority Pass Rate study with the help of the Educational Testing Service (ETS).




Membership and Recruitment:• Creation of Diversity Internship – a new

opportunity for talented student to tackle significant projects to advance our efforts.

• Formation of the Indigenous Planning Division.• New Diversity listserv - an active tool for

communications among members.




Components of APA:

• PBCD – Scholarship event at conference

• PBCD – APA listserv active

• SRC – diverse current leadership




Publications - Web:• Online reader on

Affordable Housing• Diversity web portal

under construction: “The New Face of Planning” available Summer 2005.




Publications - Planning Magazine:• “Racing Toward Diversity” – February

2005. Steve Chambers tells the story of two New Jersey towns where racial balance is a mission.

• “Up Close: Ted Jojola” – February 2005. APA's newest division chair, of the Indigenous Planning Division.




Publications - Planning Magazine:• “Affordable Housing in an Unaffordable

Region” – January 2005. How local nonprofits are helping Bay Area residents cope with a shortage.

• “When Loans Become a Lifeline” – December 2004. As federal funding for community development slows to a trickle, a Minneapolis organization, the Community Reinvestment Fund, steps in to fill the gap




Publications - Planning Magazine:

• “Putting the Force in Workforce Housing” – November 2004. Good projects around the country

• “The Right Mix” – October 2004. Cities rise to the challenge of finding — and

keeping — minority planners.




Publications - Planning Magazine:

• “From Blight to All Right” - August/September 2004. A project shows the many benefits — and complications — of brownfield redevelopment.

• “Planners Library” – July 2004. Review of The Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents' Activism in Chicago Public Housing.




Publications - Planning Magazine:• “Back from the Brink” - June 2004.

Communities are using housing receiverships to save neglected properties.

• “2004 National Social Advocacy Award” – April 2004. Awarded to the Lapham Park Venture, Milwaukee. The city's most vulnerable residents gain access to a full range of health care and other services




2005 National Planning Conference:

• Workshop: “Asset-Based Community Development”



2004 Diversity AccomplishmentsNational Planning Conference

Sessions:• Planning in Minority Communities• Social Justice and Neighborhood

Revitalization• Regional Equity• Indigenous Planning 101• Are Minorities an Endangered

Species?• Revitalizing Communities of Color



2004 Diversity AccomplishmentsNational Planning Conference Sessions:• AICP Launches the CAP• Is There Social Equity for Planners?• Public Housing Revitalization• Happenings in Indigenous Country• Activism and Planning• Changing Demographics and

Community Planning




National Planning Conference Sessions:

• Getting Grocery Stores into Underserved Urban Areas

• Creating the Inclusive City

• Latino New Urbansim

• Gay and Lesbian Safe Zones



Thank you, and have a great conference!

Documents

Diversity Summit II Monday, March 21, 2005 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco Making Great Communities Happen American Planning