Anaid Yerena and Rashad Williams on Building an Equitable Future of Planning

The history of planning includes racist policies and practices
that have resulted in entrenched inequity and enduring systemic
barriers. Understanding the complexities and impacts of those
barriers is necessary to dismantling ingrained inequalities and
achieving transformative change. A recent edition of the Journal
of the American Planning Association (JAPA) called “Antiracist
Futures: Disrupting Racist Planning Practices in Workplaces,
Institutions, and Communities” centers racial justice in the
planning field, documenting the current state of the profession
and planning education, and offering tangible strategies for
implementing anti-racist practices that are adaptable and
responsive.


In this episode of People Behind the Plans, JAPA contributors
Rashad Williams, Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice
in Public Policy at the University of Pittsburgh, and Anaid
Yerena, Associate Professor of Urban Studies at the University of
Washington, Tacoma, speak about anti-racist community planning
concepts that lay the foundation for planners to reckon with
history, disrupt the status quo and find new ways to pursue
equity in every community.


Episode URL:
https://planning.org/podcast/anaid-yerena-and-rashad-williams-on-building-an-equitable-future-of-planning/