{"id":4418,"date":"2024-10-17T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T03:13:19","slug":"planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a piece by Wisconsin Public Radio, Dr. Kirk Harris<\/a>, a certified municipal planner and UW-Milwaukee urban planning professor, identifies segregation as the root cause of many urban challenges. Historically, planners contributed to segregation by upholding racist zoning and housing policies, which negatively impact health, education, and economic outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To combat this, Harris is launching the UW-Milwaukee Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice<\/a>, focusing on housing, zoning reform and equitable resource distribution in one of America\u2019s most segregated cities. The center will collaborate with stakeholders to dismantle discriminatory planning practices and expand opportunities for disadvantaged communities, driven by hope and a commitment to transformative urban change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story on Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a piece by Wisconsin Public Radio, Dr. Kirk Harris, a certified municipal planner and UW-Milwaukee urban planning professor, identifies segregation as the root cause of many urban challenges. Historically, planners contributed to segregation by upholding racist zoning and housing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":4419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[40,34],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-urban-planning","category-in-the-news","tag-ceppj"],"yoast_head":"\nSchool of Architecture & Urban Planning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a piece by Wisconsin Public Radio, Dr. Kirk Harris, a certified municipal planner and UW-Milwaukee urban planning professor, identifies segregation as the root cause of many urban challenges. Historically, planners contributed to segregation by upholding racist zoning and housing …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"School of Architecture & Urban Planning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-18T03:08:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T03:13:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2025\/07\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-18T03:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-31T03:13:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/695\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Department - Urban Planning\",\"In the News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning - School of Architecture & Urban Planning\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/695\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-18T03:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-31T03:13:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/695\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/695\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Dr. Kirk Harris\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/\",\"name\":\"School of Architecture & Urban Planning\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/695\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/695\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/architecture\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"School of Architecture & Urban Planning","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning","og_description":"In a piece by Wisconsin Public Radio, Dr. Kirk Harris, a certified municipal planner and UW-Milwaukee urban planning professor, identifies segregation as the root cause of many urban challenges. Historically, planners contributed to segregation by upholding racist zoning and housing …","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/","og_site_name":"School of Architecture & Urban Planning","article_published_time":"2024-10-18T03:08:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-31T03:13:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2025\/07\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning","datePublished":"2024-10-18T03:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-31T03:13:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/"},"wordCount":126,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2025\/07\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg","keywords":["Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice"],"articleSection":["Department - Urban Planning","In the News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/","name":"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning - School of Architecture & Urban Planning","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2025\/07\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-18T03:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-31T03:13:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2025\/07\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2025\/07\/20190528_IMC_EH_0015-scaled-1.jpg","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"Dr. Kirk Harris"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/planners-are-dreamers-uw-milwaukee-launches-equity-center-for-urban-planning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Planners are dreamers\u2019: UW-Milwaukee launches equity center for urban planning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/","name":"School of Architecture & Urban Planning","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2023\/05\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/695\/2023\/05\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"acf":[],"meta_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1753931646:1517"],"_wp_old_date":["2025-07-30"],"_thumbnail_id":["4419"],"_edit_last":["1517"],"_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":["1753931600"],"feat_img_video":[""],"feat_img_gallery":[""],"feat_img_caption":["feat-img-caption-on"],"breadcrumbs_display":["breadcrumbs-on"],"otp_nav_display":["otp-off"],"post_layout":["post-layout-theme"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["40"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_uwm_wg_content_review_log":["a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:11:\"reviewer_id\";i:0;s:6:\"status\";s:5:\"reset\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2026-03-01 02:13:52\";s:16:\"priority_content\";s:0:\"\";s:4:\"note\";s:43:\"Content review reset at start of new cycle.\";}}"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1517"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4420,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions\/4420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}