Diversity
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A Statement from the APA NY Metro Chapter, authored by the Diversity Committee
We are calling on our entire community of planning, design, and policy professionals to stand with Black lives and take action. We have a responsibility to correct our historical and ongoing discriminatory and predatory practices. This is a matter of saving lives. We must ensure that Black and Brown communities not only survive, but thrive. […]
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MWBE Panel and Networking Event on Planning and Design
On Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 the APA NY Metro Chapter Diversity Committee (DivComm) in partnership with New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) hosted an event during NYCxDesign week featuring Minority and/or Women Owned Business Enterprises in the urban planning, design, and landscape architecture fields. The event was […]
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GovLove Podcast: Race & Diversity in the Planning Profession with Giovania Tiarachristie
Giovania Tiarachristie, Neighborhood Planner at NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) & Co-Chair of APA-NYM’s Diversity Committee, was featured on the ELGL’s GovLove Podcast to talk about the elephant in the planning room: race. In this episode, she discusses the barriers to recruiting and retaining planners of color, the hazards of colorblindness, the value […]
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Diversity Committee releases recommendations for diversifying the planning profession in the New York Metro Area
APA-NYM’s Diversity Committee has released the final design of a one-pager follow-up to the forum held in April 2016 and co-hosted by APA-NYM’s Diversity Committee and Student Relations Committee: “Elephant in Planning Room,” an open forum on how to improve diversity initiatives at urban planning programs in the New York Metro Area. The back of the one-pager […]
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The Elephant in the Planning Room: Overcoming Barriers to Recruitment and Retention of People of Color in the Planning Profession
Fifteen years ago (2001), the APA New York Metro Chapter’s Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee conducted a study called “Lagging Behind” on the state of diversity in the planning profession in the region. The study found severe underrepresentation of minorities in the profession compared to their the general population and provided recommendations based on surveys […]
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Welcome to the American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter’s newly-redesigned website!
Welcome to the American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter’s (APA-NYM) brand new website – a destination and tool that connects New York Metro Area planners to the latest planning news, professional resources, and each other. We’re thrilled about this update, and excited to share it with our members and the larger New York Metro planning community.