Title: Diversity Summit II
1APA Diversity Accomplishments
American Planning Association
Making Great Communities Happen
- Diversity Summit II
- Monday, March 21, 2005
- 130 245 p.m.
- Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco
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- This presentation shows some of the work APA has
done in the past year to - Elevate the work of minorities
- Focus on issues of relevance to minority
populations - Recruit, retain, and better serve minority
members.
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- 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).
42004 Diversity Accomplishments
- 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.
52004 Diversity Accomplishments
- Components of APA
- PBCD Scholarship event at conference
- PBCD APA listserv active
- SRC diverse current leadership
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- Publications - Web
- Online reader on Affordable Housing
- Diversity web portal under construction The New
Face of Planning available Summer 2005.
72004 Diversity Accomplishments
- 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.
82004 Diversity Accomplishments
- 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
92004 Diversity Accomplishments
- 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.
102004 Diversity Accomplishments
- 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.
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- 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
122004 Diversity Accomplishments
- 2005 National Planning Conference
- Workshop Asset-Based Community Development
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- National 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
142004 Diversity Accomplishments
- National 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
152004 Diversity Accomplishments
- National Planning Conference Sessions
- Getting Grocery Stores into Underserved Urban
Areas - Creating the Inclusive City
- Latino New Urbansim
- Gay and Lesbian Safe Zones
16Thank you, and have a great conference!