This presentation was given by Tiffany Robinson, The RBA Group, at the 2010 APA-NJ Planning Conference on November 5, 2010. It is the overview for the conference session titled "Dipping Your Bicycle Wheel into the Melting Pot." The session was one of a series of sessions put together by the APA-NJ's Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee (ECDC) in an effort to highlight the need for more diversity in the field of Planning.