Community Engagement in Planning credit: 3 or

4 Hours

Explores the theory, policy, and practice of community engagement. Students will observe actual planning and decision-making processes at different scales and contexts. Students will learn different tools and strategies that bring people together, particularly in low-income neighborhoods and culturally diverse metropolitan regions. Collectively, students will design a participatory process with stakeholder communities and planning agencies, and grapple with the myriad challenges and dilemmas faced by nonprofit advocates, community activists, and equity-oriented public planners.