Bilingual Animations to Teach 'Planning 101'

The Inclusive Communities Project (ICP) is working to make planning more accessible in the Latino communities of Oak Hill in Dallas.

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December 8, 2020, 12:00 PM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


An article by Amanda Merck details the work of Jennifer Rangel and the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP) in making the concepts of planning more accessible to a Latino audience.

Rangel has worked for ICP in the Oak Hill neighborhood in Dallas since graduating from the University of North Carolina with a master's in city and regional planning. The article details both the work of ICP in pursuing fair and equal housing, including a lawsuit that lead to a key ruling on disparate impact in the Supreme Court and paved the way for the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Act. Some of ICP's work also targets zoning as a tool of segregation, according to Merck's detailed explanation of the organization.

Rangel's contribution to the organization is creating workshops and bilingual animated videos "to train neighborhood leaders, social workers, and others about zoning and how to get involved in zoning changes." Rangel's work fills a deficit of accessible and Spanish-translated information on planning in Dallas. Details about the workshops created by Rangel, along with a bilingual guide and three cartoons released in March 2020 follow in the source article.  

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