May 5, 2021
Paul Ong, director of UCLA’s Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, was featured by the American Planning Association in a tribute to Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders who have shaped the nation’s history and communities.
Ong, who is a research professor in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, was one of 12 planners, architects, historians and community organizers who have “influenced our built environment, fought for historical and cultural preservation, and championed social justice to help make great communities for all,” the association’s Planning magazine said.
He joins a list including modernist architect I.M. Pei, statesman Norman Mineta, Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer Maya Lin and racial justice attorney Manjusha Kulkarni, who co-founded the hate crime reporting center Stop AAPI Hate.