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The BIPOC Planning Collective, an affiliate of the Planners Network, is a group committed to supporting planners of color, as well as planning processes that affirm communities of color.  In collaboration with The New School, the Collective is pleased to be hosting an "Infrastructure and Equity" half-day workshop event on Thursday, April 27, 2023.  The workshop will take place at The New School and will run from 3-6pm, with open networking (tapas and beverages) served from 6-7pm.   Please register so we may order enough food and create enough workshop packets. All are welcome.

Our goal is to enable a setting for both “professional” and community-based BIPOC planners to exchange knowledge and deepen learning on infrastructure needs and opportunities in communities of color. Infrastructure remains a matter of concern and interest in our communities but the more than $1 trillion of federal funding currently slated to trickle down into communities as a function of the November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), presents an important impetus for learning and getting organized.  

Our panel guests include: Adam Paul Susaneck, founder of the Segregation by Design project; Nilka Martell, founder and director of the community-based non-profit organization Loving the Bronx; Alex Levine, co-creator of Bronx One Policy Group; Desiree Powell, founder of Doing Right by the Streets (DRBTS); and Collective Co-conveners Byron A. Nicholas, PP, AICP; Sean I. Robin, MCP; and Mia Charlene White, MIA, PhD.

Come learn about the IIJA and engage with diverse ways of thinking about infrastructure projects (transportation, water & sewage, telecommunications, energy, housing and food)!

We send special appreciation for support from the Tishman Environment & Design Center and the Urban & Environmental Studies Program at the New School.  Please Join Us!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

 
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Not all ‘Gated’ Communities Have Gates
Not all ‘Gated’ Communities Have Gates

The term gated communities largely refers to communities or planned developments, secluded from the rest of the urban form, but in this article, the term gated communities will also encompass what I define as large luxury infill developments with private amenities, inaccessible to the majority of its neighborhood’s residents due to financial/income barriers and psychological symbolism that is meant to keep low income and most people of color excluded.

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Making Adjustments
Making Adjustments

During this pandemic, teachers are expected to be more transformational than ever. For some, what was once difficult, now seems impossible. Few know how to walk the line between social emotional learning and academic rigor, grading assignments and being flexible with due dates, and communicating with parents and families, while maintaining a healthy work/life balance. It's a lot.

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America: Welfare Queen
America: Welfare Queen

There's this methodology that if we give to the top (corporations), then they'll give to those at the bottom (employees). Time and time again we see corporate greed keep those funds at the top; salaries in the millions, bonuses in the millions, quarterly dividends worth a measly few dollars per share, insufficient medical plans, and let's not forget the move from pensions to 401ks.

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Planning for a Pandemic
Planning for a Pandemic

As we are facing an unprecedented pandemic in our lifetime, we are already learning a lot from other countries’ experiences. For one, a national plan of action is absolutely critical. Countries with strong centralized leadership to make life-altering decisions and allocate resources are proving themselves worthy of the challenge.

Regions all over the world are experiencing massive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions due to national government mandated stay-at-home and lock-down orders as traffic congestion is massively reduced.

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