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Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) Alumni Panelist
Western Washington University, Department of Urban & Environmental Planning & Policy | January 2025
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) Alumni Panelist
Western Washington University, Department of Urban & Environmental Planning & Policy | January 2025
Served as a panelist in facilitated discussions for the accreditation process of the Urban & Environmental Planning & Policy Department at Western Washington University.Report available here
Equity in Action: Navigating Challenges and Innovations in Urban Planning Practice
2024 American Planning Association, Washington Chapter (APA WA) Annual Conference
Bellevue, WA | October 2024
Dr. Tammi Laninga, AICP, Elizabeth Erickson, AICP and Jasmine Fast
The 2021 revised AICP Code of Ethics provides strong justification for planners to frame their work with an equity lens. But what does this mean and how can we know when we are doing it? This interactive session begins with an overview of what equity in planning is. It then showcases a variety of examples and viewpoints from the public, private, and education sectors to dig into the questions of implementation, measuring, and monitoring in the context of community engagement and assessment. It concludes with a discussion on navigating discussions with elected officials and residents who may be resistant to decisions that result in more equitable outcomes that support historically marginalized groups.
Presentation available here
The 2021 revised AICP Code of Ethics provides strong justification for planners to frame their work with an equity lens. But what does this mean and how can we know when we are doing it? This interactive session begins with an overview of what equity in planning is. It then showcases a variety of examples and viewpoints from the public, private, and education sectors to dig into the questions of implementation, measuring, and monitoring in the context of community engagement and assessment. It concludes with a discussion on navigating discussions with elected officials and residents who may be resistant to decisions that result in more equitable outcomes that support historically marginalized groups.
Presentation available here
Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (ADEI) Alumni Panelist
Western Washington University, Urban & Environmental Planning & Policy Department | April 2024
Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (ADEI) Alumni Panelist
Western Washington University, Urban & Environmental Planning & Policy Department | April 2024
Served as a panelist in facilitated discussions on "How to achieve an accessible, diverse, equitable, and inclusive UEPP Department."
Shaping Tomorrow's Cities: Cultivating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Planning Practice – An Interactive Session
2023 APA WA Annual Conference
Spokane, WA | October 2023
Dr. Tammi Laninga, AICP and Jasmine Fast
This interactive session offers a co-learning environment to enhance our understanding of why diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to urban planning, and to reinvigorate our focus on this work. In her 2022 book chapter, Racism and U.S. Urban Planning, June Manning Thomas (2022) documents how urban planning practices have supported institutional racism. As Miriam Solis argues in Racial Equity in Planning Organizations, “organizational change will position planners to advance racial equity in the United States … [and] lead to local change and recalibrate how planners envision their role in changing their communities” (2020, p. 297). Come to this session to learn and engage with planners from across the state, share your successes and areas for growth, give input on what current and future planners should be learning and where/how urban planning programs should be recruiting the next generation of diverse planners.
Presentation available here
This interactive session offers a co-learning environment to enhance our understanding of why diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to urban planning, and to reinvigorate our focus on this work. In her 2022 book chapter, Racism and U.S. Urban Planning, June Manning Thomas (2022) documents how urban planning practices have supported institutional racism. As Miriam Solis argues in Racial Equity in Planning Organizations, “organizational change will position planners to advance racial equity in the United States … [and] lead to local change and recalibrate how planners envision their role in changing their communities” (2020, p. 297). Come to this session to learn and engage with planners from across the state, share your successes and areas for growth, give input on what current and future planners should be learning and where/how urban planning programs should be recruiting the next generation of diverse planners.
Presentation available here
Building Community Resilience: Comprehensive Plan Recommendations for Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
2022 APA WA Annual Conference
Vancouver, WA | October 2022
Washington's Growth Management Act does not require communities to plan specifically for climate change, and yet, our communities are experiencing the effects of a changing climate from more intense storms, to increased risks of flooding and more severe wildfires, to name just a few. Over the past two years, students in Western Washington University's urban planning program have worked with smaller jurisdictions to recommend mitigation and adaptation strategies for their comprehensive plans. The ultimate goal is to help these communities be more resilient and adaptable to changing climate conditions in ways that are acceptable and supported by their community members. This session will highlight case studies from our work, and share our methods, so that other jurisdictions can begin integrating similar types of climate-friendly language into their comp plans.
Presentation available here
Presentation available here
Washington State Air Quality: Analysis of air quality of at-risk communities and their proximity to Toxic Release Inventory sites across Washington State
2022 Salish Sea Symposium
Bellingham, WA | May 2022
This project aims to geographically compare the proximity of harmful air pollutants (represented by Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) site locations), air quality monitors, and at-risk populations in Washington state. At-risk groups are categorized as people under 5 and people over 6, and marginalized groups such as people under the poverty line and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). All of which are symbolized at the block group level. These variables are given assigned weights based on their proximity to the standardized kilometer buffers around TRI Sites and Air Quality Index (AQI) monitors. The product is a series of choropleth census-block-group maps, representing which block groups for those specific demographics are likely not being monitored accurately.
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