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Title: Diversity Summit II


1
APA 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

2
2004 Diversity Accomplishments
  • 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.

3
2004 Diversity Accomplishments
  • 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).

4
2004 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.

5
2004 Diversity Accomplishments
  • Components of APA
  • PBCD Scholarship event at conference
  • PBCD APA listserv active
  • SRC diverse current leadership

6
2004 Diversity Accomplishments
  • Publications - Web
  • Online reader on Affordable Housing
  • Diversity web portal under construction The New
    Face of Planning available Summer 2005.

7
2004 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.

8
2004 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

9
2004 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.

10
2004 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.

11
2004 Diversity Accomplishments
  • 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

12
2004 Diversity Accomplishments
  • 2005 National Planning Conference
  • Workshop Asset-Based Community Development

13
2004 Diversity Accomplishments
  • 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

14
2004 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

15
2004 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

16
Thank you, and have a great conference!
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