By Jeffrey Lowe The American Planning Association (APA) views itself as a membership organization that offers opportunity for education and advocacy on behalf of the planning movement. However, the APA is more a trade organization concerned about standardizing the profession rather than challenging its members and the public through education and advocacy on the ability of … [Read more...] about BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER IN APA’S COLORBLIND PLANNING: APA REJECTED LEGISLATIVE POLICY GUIDE
IS “JUSTICE ARCHITECTURE” JUST? FROM THE FERGUSON POLICE STATION TO THE “JUSTICE CENTER” TO HUMAN RIGHTS
By Raphael Sperry The police station project wasn’t discussed at the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice conference that occurred, coincidentally, in October 2014 at the downtown St. Louis Hilton hotel, but the Buzz Westfall Justice Center where prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s grand jury met to exonerate Wilson was featured in a building tour. The combined courthouse, … [Read more...] about IS “JUSTICE ARCHITECTURE” JUST? FROM THE FERGUSON POLICE STATION TO THE “JUSTICE CENTER” TO HUMAN RIGHTS
WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THINK GLOBALLY, AND THEN ACT LOCALLY.
By Dick Platkin By now we have all read news articles that Donald Trump is a climate change denier, and that his administration will turn back the meager progress made by the Obama Administration on climate issues. This story, from National Geographic, is typical: Trump has long questioned whether climate change is real, and he has dismissed claims that it poses a major … [Read more...] about WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THINK GLOBALLY, AND THEN ACT LOCALLY.
PRISONS, POLICING AND PLANNING: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS VISIBLE
By Sheryl-Ann Simpson In August 2014 attention turned towards Ferguson, Missouri as a Black teen was shot and killed by a police officer. This event, along with a killing in New York, sparked attention and protests across the U.S. But the truth is police violence, and even killings, are the everyday in Black and Brown communities across the U.S. According to the Center … [Read more...] about PRISONS, POLICING AND PLANNING: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS VISIBLE
IMMIGRATION POLICY AND PLANNING IN THE ERA OF MASS INCARCERATION
By Silky Shah On November 20, 2014 after years of overwhelming pressure from the immigrant rights movement and undocumented communities, President Obama announced he was taking executive action on immigration. It was a calculated move. With less than two years before the next presidential election, President Obama is thinking of his legacy and the viability of the … [Read more...] about IMMIGRATION POLICY AND PLANNING IN THE ERA OF MASS INCARCERATION