Program Structure
The Chinatown Urban Institute has a strong professional development component and aims to create a pipeline of advocacy planners who are committed to making San Francisco’s Chinatown and the City a great place to live, work, and play. It aims to generate strong leadership and instill community-based planning values in a new generation of young people.
The 2013 program will take place from Monday, June 17 - Friday, August 9, 2013. Meetings and trainings will last for three hours and take place on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings from 10am-1pm. Training and events, such as brown bag lunches with special guest speakers may occur on some days following the regular training sessions. Fellows are expected to commit about 20 hours per week for the trainings, readings, and assignments.
The structure for the first 2 weeks will focus on building the Urban Fellows’ knowledge of planning issues in Chinatown and San Francisco, broken down into various categories such as housing, transportation, open space, and economic development. The final 6 weeks will allow Urban Fellows to creatively apply their planning knowledge in a hands-on manner through the final project.
2013 Schedule
Week 1 | June 17 - 21: Orientation to Chinatown and Overview of Planning
Week 2 | June 24 - 28: Advocacy in Community Development
Week 3 | July 1 - 5: Community Development Assessment Tool (Fieldwork)
Week 4 | July 8 - 12: Affordable Housing
Week 5 | July 15 - 19: Transportation Justice
Week 6 | July 22 - 26: Public Policy
Week 7 | July 29 - August 2: Economic Development
Week 8 | August 5 - 9: Work on Final Presentations
August 9: Final Presentation
The 2013 program will take place from Monday, June 17 - Friday, August 9, 2013. Meetings and trainings will last for three hours and take place on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings from 10am-1pm. Training and events, such as brown bag lunches with special guest speakers may occur on some days following the regular training sessions. Fellows are expected to commit about 20 hours per week for the trainings, readings, and assignments.
The structure for the first 2 weeks will focus on building the Urban Fellows’ knowledge of planning issues in Chinatown and San Francisco, broken down into various categories such as housing, transportation, open space, and economic development. The final 6 weeks will allow Urban Fellows to creatively apply their planning knowledge in a hands-on manner through the final project.
2013 Schedule
Week 1 | June 17 - 21: Orientation to Chinatown and Overview of Planning
Week 2 | June 24 - 28: Advocacy in Community Development
Week 3 | July 1 - 5: Community Development Assessment Tool (Fieldwork)
Week 4 | July 8 - 12: Affordable Housing
Week 5 | July 15 - 19: Transportation Justice
Week 6 | July 22 - 26: Public Policy
Week 7 | July 29 - August 2: Economic Development
Week 8 | August 5 - 9: Work on Final Presentations
August 9: Final Presentation