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Monthly Archives: March 2021
COUNTERPOINTS TO AICP

Join us for βThe Road to AICP,” a comprehensive conversation about the prevailing plannersβ certification in the US.
I’m a panelist delivering the segment, πΎππππππππππππ ππ πΌππΎπ.
Friday, March 19th at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT. Webinar is free to all.
Registration: https://www.planning.org/events/eventsingle/9212130/.
Sponsored by APA Women & Planning Division / APA Ohio.
Embedded Planning at UC Irvine

I did a guest talk last night on #EmbeddedPlanning praxis in Prof. Alejandra Reyesβs Public Policy & Governance class at UC Irvine. I shared space with my colleague Lucero Mondragon who presented on THRIVE Santa Ana Community Land Trust. It was the last class of the quarter so we aimed to inspire!
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Embedded Planning Talk in South Bend, Indiana

Just wrapped a presentation on Embedded Planning praxis with planners and city staff at the City of South Bend in support of the Linden Avenue Greenhouse Project βοΈ Shout out to my South Bend colleagues for the conversation and help growing #EmbeddedPlanning. And huge thank you to Dominique D. Edwards for organizing todayβs talk ππ½ π π
Letβs take planning to the streets.
We Cannot Plan From Our Desks!
Embedded Planning Keynote at the University of Utah
Stoked to announce that Iβm delivering the keynote address for the Internalizing Equity series at the University of Utah Department of City & Metropolitan Planning:
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Note the different Timezone start times: 11am Los Angeles / 12pm Salt Lake City.
RSVP to join here: http://plan.cap.utah.edu/2021/02/internalizing-equity-series/
οΈThanks to Bianca Paulino, Claudia Loayza, and Professor Stacy Harwood!
Bio:
Jonathan Pacheco Bell is a practicing urban planner with over 20 years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors spanning the fields of urban planning, architecture, and library/information science. He is the creator of #EmbeddedPlanning, a praxis that situates the work of planners on the ground to advance equity, build authentic relationships, and increase public participation for historically marginalized communities through street-level engagement. Its maxim is: We Cannot Plan From Our Desks! After 14 years as an Embedded Planner in South Central LA for local government and community-based organizations, he recently launched C1TYPLANN3R Company, a workshop to produce new thought and action in his intersecting fields. Jonathan holds an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, an MLIS from SJSU iSchool, and undergraduate degrees in political science and architecture.
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