Women's History Month - Programs and Events!
March is Women's History Month!
Join us all month long to celebrate women's achievements, perspectives, and contributions in planning!
- March 14 at 1 PM ET: Women Entrepreneurs in Urban Planning, Panel and Discussion
- POSTPONED! Sex(ism) and the City, Panel & Discussion
- March 28 at 12 PM ET: Women in Pow-HER, Our annual Women's History Month networking event!
March 14, 2024 | 1 PM ET
Women Entrepreneurs in Urban Planning
Women take different career paths in urban planning. While having equal skills to start a business, men heavily outnumber women in entrepreneurial endeavors. In this panel discussion, women-led business owners will share their personal stories that have led them to entrepreneurship, the challenges of starting a business and brand, and bringing their passions to their communities.
Panelists:
Dee Powell, Creator and Founder of Do Right By the Streets (DRBTS).
Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata, Urban Planning Is Not Boring Podcast Co-hosts
Breanne Rothstein, AICP - Founder and CEO, Thrive Consulting
Jasmine Jones-Bynes, Four Degrees to the Streets Podcast Co-host
POSTPONED - This event is to be rescheduled
Sex(ism) and the City
Modern city planning is faced with reconciling a long history of gender bias in planning practice. Buzzwords like "gender mainstreaming" are entering the collective consciousness but have limited success in creating tangible changes in planning practice. Women and minorities continue to be systemically underrepresented in the decision-making process for land use decisions. This panel will acknowledge sexist cities and then discuss strategies for planners and communities to dismantle barriers for women & minority populations participating in the decision-making process through strategic civic engagement.
This discussion includes Lydia Lo, Research Assistant at Urban Institute and Katelynn Wintz, AICP as Moderator.
March 28 | 12 PM ET
Women in Pow-HER: Panel Discussion & Annual Networking Event
Join the APA Women & Planning Division for an enriching mid-morning coffee break and networking event celebrating.
Featured speakers feature Atlanta Planning Commissioner, Jahnee Prince; Community Development Director and Planner for the City of Little Canada, Corrin Wendell; and Assistant Director of Zoning for the City of Miami, Tamara Frost. These accomplished professionals will share their insights and experiences, highlighting the power and influence of women in planning.
After the panel discussion, we invite you to stay for a 30-minute networking session to connect with fellow planners in the field, exchange ideas, and expand your professional network.
So grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea and join us for a morning filled with stimulating conversation and networking opportunities!
Why We Celebrate Women's History Month: A WPD Essay
The Women & Planning Division was created by and for women in the planning profession in 1979. Over the Division’s 40+ year history, one of the longest running Divisions in APA, the needs of women in planning have evolved but our mission remains the same:
To provide a national network supporting women in the planning profession and advocating for the needs of women in the planning practice.
In this Division, we expose and champion the ways in which our profession can better support women in the workplace; enhancing equity, closing the gender wage gap, equally paying women for equal work, flexible workplace policies for home/work balance, providing affordable childcare options, and seeing gender parity in our most basic of institutional accolades; FAICP inductees. We will continue this message to overturn these stark differences that we see through our work as a Division, programming, networking, connecting, and on the national stage at NPC.
Read on for a full history of our Division linked below on our website!