Urban Planning

Urban Planning firms centering equity across the nation. Click to learn more about the projects and initiatives these firms are leading. While the APA Diversity Committee is committed to promoting BIPOC businesses, we do not endorse their political opinions or views nor do they endorse ours. Please contact us at hindsightconference@gmail.com with any questions.

Pueblo Planning

Colloqate design

A participatory planning and design firm that intentionally focuses on populations that are often left out of the planning process and those most vulnerable to the impacts of planning decisions. Based in Southern California.

IG: @puebloplanning

Women of color collective in sustainability (WOC/CS)

A collective to support women of color who want to connect, collaborate, identify mentorships, job opportunities and seek resources within sustainability. Based in New York City.

BlackSpace

BlackSpace challenges architects, planners, urban designers, artists, and all curators of built spaces to unlearn traditional values and rethink Manifesto-based practice. We create spaces for Black urbanists to use talent, culture and rituals to design Black futures. IG: @blackspaceorg

Oonee

Oonee is a smart, modular, customizable pod that provides secure parking for scooters and bicycles as well as public space amenities.

IG: @ooneepod

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A multi-scalar design collaborative focusing on racial, economic, and social equity as a catalyst for design. Based in St. Louis.

IG: @blackarc.design

Colloqate Design is a multidisciplinary nonprofit Design Justice practice focused on expanding community access to, and building power through, the design of social, civic, and cultural spaces. Based in New Orleans.

IG: @colloqate

Visionary GPS

We support organizations and projects to conceptualize, visualize, strategize and realize customized solutions. We help our clients create communications; fundraising, organizational or event production plans. Based in New York City.

 

Public design agency

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Public Design Agency fosters civic stewardship, urban revitalization, and cross-cultural exchange through art, architecture, collaborative design, and just the right amount of heart.

IG: @yayforpda

Chicago mobile makers

Chicago Mobile Makers is a nonprofit organization that offers youth design-thinking and problem-solving workshops in Chicago communities. IG: @chicagomobilemakers

Earth arts center

Earth Arts is a non profit organization, offering environmental education at the intersection of food & nature. Based in NYC.

IG: @earthartscenter