[Cities@Tufts] Culturally Responsive Planning: Integrating Cultural Practice in Planning with Allentza Michel

Tufts University Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and Shareable co-present this ongoing free lecture series hosted by Professor Julian Agyeman (chair of Shareable’s board).

In this presentation, Allentza Michel will cover some foundational terms in understanding culturally responsive planning approaches, why it is important, as well as project examples.

Powerful Pathways was founded in 2014 by Allentza Michel, an urban planner, social practice artist, researcher and equity specialist with 25 years of diverse experience across community & economic development, education, arts, food security, public health and transportation. Prior to her current roles, she was a community organizer specifically working on local policy and land use campaigns, and a youth worker supporting the leadership development of at-risk young people and their communities. Her experiences inform her civic design approach, at the nexus of sustainability creative community engagement, public policy, social equity and impact design.