{"652277":{"#nid":"652277","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Public Policy Class Examines Building Equitable Cities through Urban Policy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStarting in Spring 2022, the School of Public Policy will be offering PUBP 4211\/PUBP 6606: Urban Policy for the first time in several semesters. The class returns with a new focus: examining how cities address historical inequities in urban planning. The class comes as Georgia Tech begins efforts to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/strategicplan.gatech.edu\/focus\/impact\u0022\u003Eamplify its impact\u003C\/a\u003E as an anchor institution by catalyzing sustainable development in the city of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach week, students will hear from a guest speaker who will discuss how their work in urban policy has advanced our collective progress on these critical issues. Guest speakers will include former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin; current Augusta Mayor and Georgia Tech graduate Hardie Davis, EE 92; Kamau Franklin, founder of Community Movement Builders; and\u0026nbsp;Egbert Perry, chairman and CEO of Integral, a holistic urban redevelopment company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents will get the chance to emulate these guest speakers and put their new policymaking skills to the test, given that a central goal of the class is to train students on the \u0026ldquo;nuts and bolts\u0026rdquo; of policymaking in today\u0026rsquo;s urban environment. Students will spend the semester facing off against a problem that a real city mayor might face and, working in teams, play the roles of their policy advisors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGuest lecturer David Edwards and Becky Rafter, a Ph.D. student in the School of Public Policy, will co-teach the class. Edwards served as the senior policy advisor to Franklin during her two terms as mayor. He is also the former CEO of Purpose Built Communities, a national nonprofit focused on urban revitalization. Rafter is the former executive director at Georgia WAND, a nonprofit focused on redirecting public funds to advance racial,\u0026nbsp;environmental, and energy justice, as well as nuclear harm reduction\u0026nbsp;in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The rapid revitalization of our cities over the past several decades has created an opportunity to address the legacy of the unjust public policies of the past,\u0026rdquo; Edwards said. \u0026ldquo;However, we have not yet broadly adopted the strategies and policies we need to address them successfully. My hope is that this class will focus on discussing what those policies might be and how we might apply them in our cities moving forward.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Systemic racial-, gender-, and geographic discrimination is often baked into the cake of public policies,\u0026rdquo; added Rafter. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re looking forward to hearing from experts who have made significant contributions in addressing these issues at the local level.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEdwards and Rafter hope that this class provides students with the opportunity to grow into innovative and ethical leaders who can effectively define urban problems and develop practical solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oscar.gatech.edu\/bprod\/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=202202\u0026amp;subj_code_in=PUBP\u0026amp;crse_numb_in=4211\u0022\u003EPUBP 4211\/PUBP 6606: Urban Policy\u003C\/a\u003E will be taught on Fridays from 8-10:45 a.m. Phase I registration begins Monday, Nov. 8.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPUBP 4211\/6606: Urban Policy, will feature weekly guest speakers solving real-world problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"PUBP 4211\/6606: Urban Policy, will feature weekly guest speakers solving real-world problems."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2021-11-01 15:26:09","changed_gmt":"2021-11-10 13:59:00","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"652276":{"id":"652276","type":"image","title":"Ponce City Market","body":null,"created":"1635780108","gmt_created":"2021-11-01 15:21:48","changed":"1635780108","gmt_changed":"2021-11-01 15:21:48","alt":"People sit outside the front of Ponce City Market in summer.","file":{"fid":"247468","name":"Ponce City Market.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ponce%20City%20Market.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ponce%20City%20Market.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":843669,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ponce%20City%20Market.jpeg?itok=Zpc1oPi7"}}},"media_ids":["652276"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"104121","name":"Urban Policy"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"2991","name":"Urban Planning"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"189202","name":"racial justice"},{"id":"306","name":"equity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}