Knowledge Center
Knowledge Center Knowledge Center
Below you'll find links to sites of interest, reports, studies, journals, and more.
Planning for Diversity in the Just City: Latinos and Planning in a Changing America
The Latinos and Planning (LAP) Division is excited to present a four-part webinar series titled, "Planning for Diversity in the Just City: Latinos and Planning in a Changing America." The key objective of the series is to highlight ways by which planners within APA are addressing Latino issues and how Latino planners are, themselves, being perceived within their profession. Experts in the field will discuss issues of community engagement, gentrification, how to address cultural divides, among other key topics in addressing equity and inclusion. Participants will be exposed to collective knowledge, skills, and best-practice tools that would serve our division members, but also planners across the U.S. that may encounter the need to address a new emerging Latino population as well as other underrepresented minorities.
Resources
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Examples of Latino Involvement in Community Planning by Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/reports/slcp/example.htm
Planning Your Search Strategy for the Latino Market by Grant Crowell, Search Engine Watch, JulY 18, 2007: http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3626470
The Ephemeral Anatomy of the Starlite Swap Meet, by Jennifer Renteria — documentary from a Latino planner about the struggle to relocate the San Jose Flea Market. This film won an award from the California APA in 2009. The first of five parts to the documentary can be viewed at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU07hg-KNpo.
ECONOMY
Generations to Come: Researcher examines options for Latino elders as economic realities challenge family traditions by Dr. Jacqueline Angel, University of Texas at Austin: http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2004/latino.html
Hispanic businesses form PAC in San Jose by Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, by Timothy Roberts: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2007/11/12/story3.html
The whys and hows of building diversity in the office by Philadelphia Business Journal — by Herb Levine
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2007/06/11/smallb3.html
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH
Strategies for success in the environmental justice movement by Sherman, Scott D., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2003, 517 pages; AAT 3106161: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=9&did=764969471&SrchMode=1&sid=1& Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1196192935&clientId=17867