The BPP Community
Community — it’s who we work with and who we work for. It’s what we build, and it’s what we believe in.
Our communities consist of Black community members, Black-led organizations, and a network of professionals that includes allies, accomplices, ambassadors, peers, and colleagues.
At Black Planning Project, we bring members of these communities together to exchange knowledge and share information.
Join our community to...
Change
Engage
Grow
Become a Partner
Who can be a partner?
A partner is a community organization/member or institution passionate about pursuing the same goals as BPP.
Community Partners
Our community partners consist of Black community members and Black-led organizations. They are creative, action-oriented, and open-minded.
Institutional Partners
Our partners are educational institutions, private firms, and government agencies with a desire to engage with Black communities and approach challenges with a humble and visionary spirit.
They wish to understand the critical issues facing Black communities and are committed to develop, transform, and redesign the tools and services needed to address barriers to community progress.
Why Be a Partner?
If you see the power in change and the value in our vision, a partnership with Black Planning Project is for you.
We invite you to join us as a partner if the spaces you envision include equitable, inclusive, just, and responsive development that prioritizes racial equity and racial justice, and seeks to improve planning with Black communities.
Together, let’s make a shift.
How to Become a Partner
You and your institution, firm, or organization can become a partner by working with BPP in the following ways:
- ✔ Submit a joint project
- ✔ Participate in research
- ✔ Co-deliver content/learning/knowledge
Become a Friend
Our friends are like-minded individuals — planners, community members, students — who are interested in the work we do at Black Planning Project.
They’re keen to explore new ways to:
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Change the planning process
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Engage in co-creation
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Grow their network
Our friends are passionate about the creation of beautiful Black worlds.
Our friends are eager to collaborate with Black Professionals.
Our friends are driven to build their network within the planning space.
If this sounds familiar, we’d love to connect with you.
Let’s connect.
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Help us create a positive and lasting impact in our communities.
What is our community saying?
Research about Black planners’ experiences is lacking so, when the Black Planning Project told me about their research project, investigating the workplace experiences of Black planners, I wanted to learn more…This research is a first of its kind in the planning realm and is a call to action for a collective response to anti-Black racism.
Research about Black planners’ experiences is lacking so, when the Black Planning Project told me about their research project, investigating the workplace experiences of Black planners, I wanted to learn more...This research is a first of its kind in the planning realm and is a call to action for a collective response to anti-Black racism.
Dr. Leela Viswanathan
Viswali Consulting
Divercities seeks to work with BPP whenever possible. BPP brings a unique perspective to projects both from the development and community perspective with an equity lens. This perspective is difficult to find. Furthermore, their services are always provided under an umbrella of professionalism.
Divercities seeks to work with BPP whenever possible. BPP brings a unique perspective to projects both from the development and community perspective with an equity lens. This perspective is difficult to find. Furthermore, their services are always provided under an umbrella of professionalism.
Sameer Patel
Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of hosting a presentation on Black Planning in Action: Black Displacement Project Case Study, featuring Abigail Moriah, an accomplished urban planner and consultant, and a past Bousfields Distinguished Visitor. Her presentation offered a powerful exploration of critical issues in urban planning. Abigail's expertise in affordable housing and community development, along with her focus on centering Black experiences, raised vital questions about who is planning for Black communities and the impact of these decisions. Our audience consisted of professionals at all stages of their careers, and her insights have been invaluable in broadening our understanding of planning's role in affecting Black communities.
Louis Tinker
Bousfields Inc.
We had the pleasure of collaborating with Black Planning Project on the first-of-its-kind African Nova Scotian Housing Strategy. This was a long-term, highly-involved initiative, bringing over 150 community members into a collaborative process to co-create the strategy. BPP’s thoughtful approach, critical analysis, and deep curiosity about housing experiences for African Nova Scotians made for a collaborative and supportive working relationship and project output. BPP challenged the status quo and pushed the entire project team to an end product that will have lasting impact.
Adrienne Pacini
The Black Planning Project has become an important city-building leader in Toronto and an essential partner for ULI Toronto. Its research into historic and ongoing Black community displacement in our city has revealed deep structural issues that public policy makers can no longer ignore. BPP has opened our city’s eyes to racist practices of the past and offers an opportunity for a just and equitable future.
The Black Planning Project has become an important city-building leader in Toronto and an essential partner for ULI Toronto. Its research into historic and ongoing Black community displacement in our city has revealed deep structural issues that public policy makers can no longer ignore. BPP has opened our city’s eyes to racist practices of the past and offers an opportunity for a just and equitable future.
Richard Joy
ULI Toronto
The lived experience of Black planners gives rise to a unique and important perspective to bring to land planning and development in the GTA and throughout Canada. Habitat for Humanity GTA applauds the work of the Black Planning Project and has been proud to have partnered with them on CMHC-funded research on “Buying While Black.”
The lived experience of Black planners gives rise to a unique and important perspective to bring to land planning and development in the GTA and throughout Canada. Habitat for Humanity GTA applauds the work of the Black Planning Project and has been proud to have partnered with them on CMHC-funded research on "Buying While Black.”
Habitat for Humanity
Lauren Haein An
URBAN STRATEGIES INC.
Flourish develops affordable housing in many communities in Canada. Abigail brought a rich understanding of Black perspectives in planning that have helped our team expand our awareness and curiosity of equitable development. Her passion, commitment, and tangible experience in this area was an encouragement to our entire team.
Michael Bowering
Flourish
