The “Living Continuity: Sessions 5 and 6” seminar focused on people-centered urban planning and community engagement. Panel 1, titled “The Urgency of People-Centered Planning and Praxis-based Alternatives,” explored how architecture and urbanism can address access, exclusion, and neighborhood participation. Panel 2, “Participatory Research and Lessons in Community Interdependence,” examined how community voices can challenge exclusionary systems.