Sophonie Milande Joseph
Community Planner & Advocacy Coordinator @Takeroot Justice
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WORK HISTORY
Community Planner & Advocacy Coordinator @Takeroot Justice
New York, NY, US
Project design and management of Habitat for Humanity’s ‘Advancing Black Homeownership Initiative’s’ stakeholder outreach and engagementProject management NYCHA Real Talk workshop curriculum design and implementationDevelop and maintain coalition partnerships with community organizations and residentsSupport NYCHA organizers and tenant leaders in legislative and regulatory advocacyStrategic advising on public housing legislative change and policy issuesFacilitate workshops and trainings
EDUCATION
University of Michigan
Master of Urban Planning (M.U.P.), Land Use & Environmental Planning; Planning in Developing Countries
Rutgers University
B.A., Planning & Public Policy and Women's & Gender Studies
Columbia University
Ph.D., Urban Planning
ABOUT SOPHONIE MILANDE JOSEPH
Dr. Sophonie Milande Joseph is an urban planner and critic who advises community partners and clients on how to utilize community-based planning approaches to meet their Black urbanism, community planning, and public art engagement needs.My work centers Black urbanism and employs mixed methods to both make the work of planning public and to bring the public into the work of planning. My applied research interests include Black urbanism, community planning, and public arts. My work is transnational planning in nature, spanning the North American continent and the Caribbean; while engaging intersectional feminism, environmental justice, and transnational planning as tools for realizing inclusive community development. Because of the diasporic character of my planning practice, my research projects possess the shared themes of cultural capital and oral narratives. My research trajectory builds from my research in post-earthquake recovery in Haiti and arcs across North America, reaching African Nova Scotian communities and Caribbean enclaves in Central Brooklyn, exploring the challenges of Black community networks and the role of uneven development.
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