DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF BOSTON: EXPLORING CAREERS IN PLANNING AT THE BPDA

In 2022, the Sasaki Foundation participated in Designing the Future of Boston: Exploring Careers in Planning at the BPDA, the inaugural collaboration between the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) and Boston Public Schools to introduce 30 high school students to careers in planning.

Over the course of a morning in April, students virtually explored their favorite places in Boston while learning how planning for a changing climate, multimodal transportation, affordable housing, and economic development affects those places in the City of Boston. Students then broke out into small conversations with representatives from the Sasaki Foundation, ACE Mentor Program of Greater Boston, Digital Ready, and YouthBuild Boston to understand how their organizations engage in planning processes and to learn about internship opportunities.