social justice

Webinar: Just Suburbs: Creating Equitable Opportunities in Suburban Development

The Coronavirus has caused us to rethink many things across our society, including how and where we live and work. Our changing demographics and economy were affecting how we view cities and suburbs before the pandemic. These changes present growing challenges to our suburbs.

Webinar: Designing the Megaregion and Healing the Divided City

Much of the economic and population growth in the U.S. is happening within 12 urban megaregions. Investment in these megaregions can add stress to the environment, increase gridlock and air traffic delays, and make inequality worse, or it can help stabilize the environment, balance transportation systems, and create walkable neighborhoods with diverse housing choices.

Webinar: How to Advocate for Local Transit in Your Community

What are the best methods in advocating for better transportation in your city? What do you say at a planning meeting? Who do you even direct your concerns to? What changes can you even affect?

Webinar: Design for Good

Almost everything around us was designed by someone; our homes, schools, workplaces, and nearly every imaginable public space. Design is everywhere and, for better or for worse, it shapes the quality of our lives.

Urban Agriculture and Creating a Sustainable Foodscape

Food Tank co-founder and President Danielle Nierenberg moderates this webinar featuring Michael Carolan, author of No One Eats Alone.

Climate Disasters Hurt the Poor the Most. What Can We Do?

By Joyce Coffee / On February 28th, 2018

The climate movement needs to understand what puts disadvantaged communities at risk and better engage marginalized people in disaster planning.

Parks for (All) the People

By Laurie Mazur / On November 13th, 2017

A new advocacy campaign aims to ensure that every American can live within a 10-minute walk of a high-quality park or green space

New Urbanism isn't dead—it's evolving due to climate change

By Laurie Mazur / On November 6th, 2017

From the CNU Climate Summit, a movement marrying a vision of livable communities to the necessities of a changing climate emerges.

Empowering Communities—Denise Fairchild Podcast Interview

By Kyler Geoffroy / On October 27th, 2017

Denise Fairchild, co-editor of the new book Energy Democracy, explores what an alternative, democratized energy future can look like

Think Immigrants Are Taking Our Jobs? Try Picking Crops

By Michael S. Carolan / On September 25th, 2017

Living a day in the life of a strawberry picker can open your eyes to those who toil, often invisibly, so we can eat

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