by admin | Sep 14, 2023 | Activism, Colorado, Disaster, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Housing, Natural Hazards, Public safety, Urban Planning, Wildfire
The field production of Planning to Turn the Tide, the documentary film project of the American Planning Association’s Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery (HMDR) Planning Division, has involved dozens of local volunteers and supporters in several states spread...
by admin | Aug 4, 2023 | Climate, Coastal Management, Disaster, Emergency Management, Floodplain management, Florida, Government, Hazard Mitigation, Infrastructure, Natural Hazards, Public safety, Resilience, Urban Planning, Weather
In last week’s post, I discussed on our video blog the interviews we had conducted for Planning to Turn the Tide in Sarasota County, Florida, during our mid-June trip through southwestern Florida. Today, we wrap up the Florida trip with a brief video blog about our...
by admin | Jun 28, 2023 | Climate, Coastal Management, Disaster, Disaster policy, Emergency Management, Florida, Government, Hazard Mitigation, Movies, Natural Hazards, Public safety, Resilience, Social Equity, Transportation, Urban Planning
In my last blog post, I discussed the origins of a current active film effort, Planning to Turn the Tide, which I have been leading on behalf of the APA Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Planning Division. This post, which includes the first of a series of blog...
by admin | Jun 21, 2023 | Activism, Blogging, Books, Careers, Climate, Coastal Management, Disaster, Disaster policy, Floodplain management, Florida, Hazard Mitigation, Journalism, Movies, Natural Hazards, Personal history, Philanthropy, Public policy, Public safety, Resilience, Travel, Urban Planning, Weather, Wildfire, Writing
One reason I have long loved being an urban planner is that, ultimately, planning is about imagining a better future. Or should be, anyway. Although I was in my early thirties before I returned to school for a pair of graduate degrees in Urban and Regional Planning...
by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Activism, Chicago, Crime, Government, Politics, Public health, Public policy, Public safety
On Friday, December 16, our grandson Angel was attending a biology lab class at Malcolm X College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, where he is currently aiming to lay the foundation for a health care career. In his first quarter in college, he has not yet...
by admin | Jul 25, 2022 | Activism, Art, Chicago, Crime, Public safety, Social Equity
At first, the music was minimal or even silent. Voices from the twelve-member Adrian Dunn Singers, spread across the back and sides of the sanctuary of Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park, simply announced a date in 2021, beginning on January 1, followed by the...
