Creative Problem Solving and Storytelling: SFUFF at the APA in Sacramento

Posted September 23rd, 2017 by SFUFF in General

Fay Darmawi will represent SFUFF in two sessions at the American Planning Association – California Chapter convention in Sacramento this week.  The first session focuses on creative solutions to the current housing crises.

DESIGNING HOUSING SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP: California’s housing crisis is at a breaking point. We need new ideas and strategies — now! Planners, urbanists, policymakers, designers, students: you’re invited to this innovative workshop where we’ll tap into your memories and experiences to design new housing solutions using James Rojas’ “Place It” method.

FACILITATORS:
◦ Gunnar Hand, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, LLP
◦ Jonathan P. Bell, County of Los Angeles, Dept. of Regional Planning
◦ James Rojas, Place It! & Latino Urban Forum
◦ Fay Darmawi, Affordable Housing Finance and Consulting
◦ Connie Chung, County of Los Angeles, Dept. of Regional Planning
◦ Cathy E. Creswell, Creswell Consulting

The second session focuses specifically on how storytelling is becoming one of the most powerful tools for urban planners conducting outreach and engagement, but its use is not without peril.

POWER OF STORYTELLING IN COMMUNITY PLANNING: Learn how a storytelling approach has been used in planning to create meaningful opportunities for effective engagement and outreach, and how planners can benefit from thinking of themselves as storytellers to discover thoughtful and inviting ways communicate their findings to officials and the public.

Moderator:
James Castaneda, AICP, Planner III, San Mateo County Planning DepartmentPower of Storytelling in Community Planning (1.5 CM)

Learn how a storytelling approach has been used in planning to create meaningful opportunities for effective engagement and outreach, and how planners can benefit from thinking of themselves as storytellers to discover thoughtful and inviting ways to communicate their findings to officials and the public.

Moderator:
James Castaneda, AICP, Planner III, San Mateo County Planning Department

Speakers:
James T. Rojas, CEO, Director, Place It!
Fay Darmawi, Founder and Executive Producer, SF Urban Film Fest
Miguel Vazquez, AICP, Healthy Communities Urban Regional Planner, Riverside University Health System – Public Health
John Moody, Creative Director, Invisible Cities Studio