Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee of APA RI promotes diversity within the Rhode Island planning profession and the Chapter to help planners serve and support more diverse and inclusive audiences.

For more information or to join the committee, please contact Committee Co-Chair Annette Bourne.

"Best Practices for Brave Conversations"- Lunch and Learn

Friday, April 19 at 12PM

Hosted by Dwayne Keys, a member of APA-RI and a dedicated advocate for Providence's Southside community, this Lunch and Learn webinar is a practical workshop on effectively addressing derogatory and irrelevant statements commonly heard at public meetings. Whether deliberate or inadvertent, these remarks may target any of the protected classes outlined in the Rhode Island Fair Housing law, such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, and more. 1 CM.

Free for APA-RI members, $5 for others. Tickets are available here.

EDI Committee Mission and Action Plan

EDI Resources for Planners:

Click here to view

From APA National:

APA is pleased to launch a new video series, Voices of Equity in Planning, to raise awareness of the unique responsibility and capability planners have to center social equity in their work. A full announcement about the series can be found here.

The videos are being produced with support from members of the Social Equity Task Force, whose report was accepted by the APA Board in 2019, and successfully integrated into APA's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion strategy by the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee last year.