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We leverage long-standing partnerships with public agencies, non-profits, and other policy-focused researchers. A core component of our research process is the PLUS Graduate Fellows Program, which relies on the terrific work of UC Berkeley students from across all disciplines... In 2000, Deborah McKoy introduced a unique, community engagement studio course, in the University of California, Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP), called Y-PLAN (Youth - Plan, Learn, Act Now). Inspired by her work with youth in public housing communities, she designed the course to connect college students, planning professionals, and young people from marginalized communities to collaboratively tackle real-world challenges in their cities. The experience had a transformative effect, inspiring participants to re-imagine both their surroundings and the policy-making process... At the Center for Cities + Schools (CC+S), our approach is deeply collaborative, relying on partnerships that..

Also known as: Cities and Schools

Primary location: Berkeley United States