What does East Palo Alto (EPA) look and feel like in 2033? How is EPA shaping that very future with its decisions today? Like many cities in the region, EPA currently faces major challenges that will evolve significantly in the next 15 years. EPA’s situation is unique in that it has historically been heralded “An Island of Affordability in a Sea of Wealth”1 and one of its founding myths is around protecting vulnerable populations.2 Further, EPA has seen serious citywide violence followed by an astounding recovery in its short history as an incorporated city. Due to changes in costs of living and displacement associated with economic development, it stands to lose this foundational character as a social-justice-oriented, multi-cultural community. How can EPA work towards a future in which social justice and economic development are mutually beneficial? How can EPA preserve its character as an affordable, diverse community in which its citizens are engaged? Strategic Foresight offers a systems-level methodology to answer these and any other questions the City Council sees fit. This proposal is for a half-day workshop that would enable the EPA City Council and community to engage with foresight tools through three distinct activities. First, participants will brainstorm a wide variety of possible futures using the Systems Mythology method of scenario planning, which the Institute for the Future formulated. This method combines systems thinking and mythology to guide an imaginative consideration of the future. It gives four colored frameworks that denote distinct contexts within which to envision the future.3 Next, the group will decide on a preferred future and write a story to indicate what 2033 feels like within the collectively chosen scenario. The final activity is a process to design a tactical system map that might propel EPA toward that preferred future.