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b'If you want to get an idea of where the professions that shape our built environment\\u2014professions like urban planning, civil engineering, public policy, architecture, and so forth\\u2014are going, you could do a lot worse than to talk with current students in those fields.\\nSo we did. Strong Towns Senior Editor Daniel Herriges (a recent policy-school grad himself, with a 2017 Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree) convened a panel of three Strong Towns members who are current students in fields that touch on our conversation:\\n\\nSarah Brown, Master\\u2019s student in City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill. Recent graduate in Civil Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.\\n\\n\\nAlex Nichols, Master\\u2019s student in Public Policy at Duke University.\\n\\n\\nAndrew Halt, traffic and ITS engineer and part-time planning student at Temple University. Recent graduate in Civil Engineering from Notre Dame University.\\n\\nVery often, it\\u2019s the young who take to a paradigm shift most readily. They\\u2019ve got the detachment to size up what their field has accomplished over time and where it has fallen short, the impatience to insist that we learn to do better, and, says Brown, \\u201cthe space to be loud\\u201d in ways that those who are employed as public servants can\\u2019t always be.\\nWe\\u2019ve certainly seen the Strong Towns message resonate powerfully with students and young professionals, who are some of our most eager members and #StrongCitizens. And we fully expect we\\u2019ll continue to see the impact of our ideas grow in fantastic ways as these young people move into the mainstream of their professions.\\nThis week, during our biannual member drive, you can help us share the Strong Towns philosophy more widely than ever before. Your support is how we do it, and any amount helps. And this week only, if you join the Strong Towns movement by donating at the $10 per month level or higher, you will get a free copy of Chuck Marohn\\u2019s book, Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity.\\nBecome a member here.'