Events
Webinars, Conferences, and More
All events listed earn participants CEUs toward the renewal of Just Communities AP Certification
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What happens when we treat city planning as activism? When we stop accepting space as it is, and start asking who it’s for, who it’s excluded, and how we can reclaim it? This is not a webinar about design trends. It’s a call to rethink the physical and political systems that shape where and how we live. Join Just Communities for a fireside chat with Paul Bauknight Jr., design justice advocate, practitioner, and President of The Center for Transformative Urban Design, for a conversation about space as a tool of liberation or oppression. We’ll explore how spatial decisions, policies, and...
Location: Virtual
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The Annual National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) Conference will be October 8-12, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. Year after year this record breaking event proves to be a source of invaluable professional development and networking. Save the dates on your calendar now and prepare to be impressed. NOMA’s mission, rooted in a rich legacy of activism, is to empower our local chapters and membership to foster justice and equity in communities of color through outreach, community advocacy, professional development and design excellence.
Location: Kansas City, MO
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The ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture is the largest annual gathering of landscape architecture and allied professionals—all coming together to learn, connect, share knowledge, gain inspiration, and bring value to their practice. The conference offers sessions, professional development, networking opportunities, and a world-class EXPO featuring over 275 vendors showcasing cutting-edge products and services. The ASLA 2025 Conference on Landscape Architecture will celebrate the power of landscape architects to create innovative, resilient solutions that transcend traditional physical, political, and cultural barriers. Each year, landscape architects take on greater and more diverse roles to address environmental challenges, especially the intensifying effects of...
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Join Just Communities and Erin Kizer of The Industrial Commons as we explore how rural communities are leading the way in rethinking how resources are used, reducing waste, and transforming abandoned landways into spaces of work, housing, and possibility. This webinar will highlight how transforming an abandoned factory site into The Innovation Campus is creating new possibilities for rural job creation and manufacturing that reuse resources, reduce waste, and retain value in the community. Webinar Speaker Erin Kizer, Senior Director of Infrastructure at The Industrial Commons Erin is the Senior Director of Infrastructure at The Industrial Commons and the General Manager...
Location: Virtual
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The Mpact Transit + Community Conference (founded in Portland in 1995 as Rail~Volution) focuses on the interplay of transit, mobility, land use and development in building great places to live - for everyone. Is your city or region embarked on transit expansion? Are you interested in finding out how to connect transit & mobility investments with development, land use and the built environment? Do you want to leverage investments for maximum community benefit? Attend the upcoming Mpact Transit + Community Conference to network and learn with cross-sector transit oriented development leaders dedicated to taking a community-first approach to transit, mobility...
Location: Portland, OR
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The world’s largest annual event for green building professionals. Greenbuild's education keeps participants at the forefront of the industry, covering ground-breaking topics such as LEEDv5, Passive House principles, resilience, health, wellness, and more. With various learning levels, Greenbuild offers education sessions for professionals at any career stage.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Albina Vision Trust (AVT) is leading a transformative effort to restore the historic Albina neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, once a thriving Black community disrupted by decades of displacement and disinvestment. This webinar will explore AVT’s community-led approach to urban redevelopment, which centers racial equity, cultural preservation, and climate resilience. Through inclusive planning, advocacy, and partnerships, AVT envisions a future where Albina is reimagined as a vibrant, regenerative neighborhood that honors its past while preparing for a climate-adaptive future. Attendees will learn how AVT integrates equity into every phase of its work, from land use and transportation to housing and public...
Location: Virtual
Just Communities welcomes Sara Bronin for a conversation on how zoning codes have long served as tools of exclusion and how we can reshape them to serve justice. As founder of the National Zoning Atlas and author of Key to the City, Bronin will walk us through how zoning can reinforce or disrupt the inequities and climate challenges that plague all of our cities. Whether you work in planning, policy, housing, health, or education, this conversation will offer powerful insight into the rules behind the rules—and how we can change them. What You’ll Learn Participants will gain insight into: •...
Location: Virtual
2026 Course Dates Coming Soon! The Just Communities AP Foundations Course is a two-day, in-depth interactive online training designed for urban planning, design, and development professionals involved in all aspects of urban design, land use planning, infrastructure development, economic development, and community development. The course offers a comprehensive understanding of the Just Communities Protocol and certification program, a powerful implementation and endorsement framework for advancing place-based regenerative and equitable development. It is mandatory for those seeking to become a Just Communities Accredited Practitioner (APs). Times: Virtual sessions run from 12:30-4:30, Eastern, both days. Who Should Attend? Urban planners and designers...
Location: Virtual
