August 2018 – Planners Network

A Response to Abolitionist Planning: There is No Room for ‘Planners’ in the Movement for Abolition

Abolition is a movement that seeks to end prisons, police, and border walls. Why? They are institutions of war built on colonial and capitalist legacies of indigenous, Black, brown, Asian and poor violence. They only produce violence and need to […]

Progressive City

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE NEW LOCALISM: A RESPONSE TO RICHARD FLORIDA AND BRUCE KATZ

Calls for a “new localism” abound these days. In the aftermath of Trump’s election, many liberal and progressive commentators have been claiming that cities are the new “nodes of resistance”. Richard Florida, influenced by Benjamin Barber’s If Mayors Ruled the […]

Jobs

Visiting Assistant Professor – St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Position Title: Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Employer’s Name: Environmental Studies Program at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Job Location: St. Mary’s City, Maryland Job description: The Environmental Studies Program at St. Mary’s College of Maryland is hiring an […]

Announcements

Pratt GCPE Lecture Series

We are excited to announce the spring GCPE lecture series today! It’s free & open to the public. Lectures happening on Fridays 6-8pm (ee the poster and social cards below). The first two lectures are at Pratt Manhattan and the […]

Jobs

Sustainability Planner, Town of Ithaca, New York

* Position Title: Sustainability Planner * Employer’s Name: Town of Ithaca, New York * Job Location (City, State): Ithaca, New York * Job description: The Town of Ithaca is recruiting for a Sustainability Planner position to plan and execute initiatives […]

Month: August 2018

A Response to Abolitionist Planning: There is No Room for ‘Planners’ in the Movement for Abolition

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE NEW LOCALISM: A RESPONSE TO RICHARD FLORIDA AND BRUCE KATZ

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