MINORITY-OWNED PLANNING FIRMS ARE AS ESSENTIAL AS THEY EVER WERE, THESE FOUR TOP EXPERTS ARGUE — NO MATTER WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
“Our approach is, ‘how do you help people take back their power?’” said Cecilia V. Estolano, who leads the Los Angeles-based Estolano Advisors.
“How do you help communities
to become places where they can actualize all their abilities? Diversity as a
perspective makes our profession better.”
When it
comes to sustainability, Estolano emphasized that firms owned by people of
color can frame issues of climate justice, pollution, the clean energy
transition, and water quality in terms that reflect the direct experience of
the communities that have been most impacted.
“We had our neighborhoods bulldozed to build freeways that caused more air pollution that seared our lungs,” she added.
“We understand what it means to live within the
evacuation zone of an oil refinery and can appreciate what clean cars and
renewable energy can mean for our kids and their kids.”
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