POCIG

Vision Statement

We envision a planning academy and profession that advances social and racial justice. We envision the evolution of this academy so that its faculty and students reflect the nation’s diverse people. We envision that the mission of POCIG is viewed by all as critical to the health and future of the institution of ACSP.

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We embrace three fundamental premises: first, that planning as a field recognizes social and racial justice as central to the vitality of places, and it recognizes disparity and injustice as barriers to thriving, sustainable, resilient communities. Second, planning scholarship recognizes and illuminates institutionalized inequality, structures that perpetuate inequality, and the fact that all planning issues are inextricably linked with race and class issues. Third, planning education prepares professionals to work with communities of color and to seek social justice through the expansion of choice and opportunity for all persons.