Description: We Cannot Plan From Our Desks
We Cannot Plan From Our Desks
collapsed Home Bio Embedded Planning Writing Interviews In The News Contact Menu expanded Creating Equitable Public Spaces Through Embedded Planning Last month I returned to UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs to deliver my annual talk, “Creating Equitable Public Spaces Through Embedded Planning.” This new version of the talk traces my trajectory in planning that has always included having feet on the street. With my background as a high school 90s graffiti writer as the jumping off point, the story follow
I wouldn’t be here without public school teachers in the Montebello Unified School District who had my back. Shout out to Mr. Perez at Montebello High School who taught me the word “meticulous” and trained us little foolios to be #architects . Shout out to Ms. Georgino at Montebello Intermediate who encouraged my writing on bizarro #futurism in 1989. Shout out to Ms. Peterson at Washington Elementary who taught me how to #write my very long name which used to have a confusing hyphen. This is #TeacherAppreci