Mediator, Facilitator, and Conflict Management/Public Engagement Consultant; Professor/Educator; Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Uncle, Friend.
Fortunate to be invited by my friend and colleague Justin Golbabai to address the American Planning Association Texas chapter conference this week, “Planning & Community Engagement for Memory: How Communities Decide What, Where, When, and How to Display Its History.” #apatx #planning Typically, the planning practice focuses on creating new developments to modernize a community and facilitate its growth. That said, in recent years, many cities have been thrust into the consideration of both new memorials to tragic events, such as mass shootings, and existing memorials, such as those that pay tribute to figures whose history with race proves to be divisive in the modern era. Using real-life scenarios, participants in this session will work together to consider how they might approach these memorial-based questions as planners, such as, - What do we need to learn? - Whom do we need to engage? - How should the engagement look? This session will also tackle critical questions related to how to ensure that all voices in a community have a chance to be heard, both in terms of what is memorialized and in terms of how https://lnkd.in/dnjMvg8K
