Beautiful Black

Worlds

Spaces

Communities

Futures

Black Planning Project:
Planning for joyful Black communities.

At Black Planning Project, we dream of creating a world where the beauty that overflows in the hearts of Black people is reflected in the building and planning of their communities.

Imagine Black people unreservedly taking up space, skateboarding, eating, laughing, and going about their lives.

In this vision, all of these people are free to learn, explore, work, grow, and create joy for themselves.

Imagine Black people unreservedly taking up space, skateboarding, eating, laughing, and going about their lives.

In this vision, all of these people are free to learn, explore, work, grow, and create joy for themselves.

At Black Planning Project, we dream of creating a world where the beauty that overflows in the hearts of Black people is reflected in the building and planning of their communities.

At the heart of our approach is a focus on people, place, pedagogy, and practice.

People

We amplify the voices of the Black community.

Place

We acknowledge and enable Black placemaking.

Pedagogy

We centre the knowledge, practices and lived experiences of Black individuals.

Practice

We learn from communities to inform equitable and just planning practices.

This is a planning revolution.

OUR MISSION IS TO

Radically transform the way the world 
builds Black spaces.

We radically transform the community-planning process in three ways:

We Blueprint

We blueprint for a better approach to community planning. We invoke the insights and apply the knowledge of Black community members.

We Advocate

We advocate for inclusive, equitable, and just planning that centres the needs of Black individuals and communities.

We Inform

We share our knowledge and processes to guide and support Black communities.

Our Services

Research
Strategic Advisory
Education