Volunteers and Training
ULI volunteers are an essential component of UrbanPlan. A volunteer’s commitment is as serious as one to a ULI Advisory Services Panel. Volunteers must be nominated by a current ULI member and UrbanPlan volunteer.
Volunteers make a significant impact in the classroom with minimal demands on their schedule. After attending the required one-day UrbanPlan training session offered throughout the year, volunteers may spend as little as one hour per semester in the classroom.
Volunteers in the Classroom
Your Students: High school seniors in economics and government classes. University graduate students focusing on land use: city and regional planning, MBA/real estate, architecture, and law.
The Volunteers
Facilitator: Facilitators engage in Socratic interaction twice with the student teams over the course of the 15 class hour project and prior to the presentations. This process is transformative to the students’ insights and capacities.
City Council: The “City Council” hears the student proposals, challenges them as would a City Council, and awards the development contract to the winning “developer.”
Download our UrbanPlan Volunteer Fact Sheet to learn more about volunteering or contact UrbanPlan Program Director Marisita Jarvis.
Become a School Champion
School Champions are experienced UrbanPlan volunteers who make a multi-year commitment to build a long-term relationship with a school and to recruit colleagues who volunteer in the classroom. The ideal School Champion has broad contacts within the real estate industry. To become a School Champion, contact School Champion Chair Andrew Kawahara at andrewkkawahara@gmail.com or (415) 370-7451.
Thank You to our 2010-2011 UrbanPlan Volunteers!
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