Racial Justice Working Group
The Racial Justice Working Group (RJWG) plans and executes AIA Seattle’s Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort series in close collaboration with NOMA NW and Planning in Color.
Initiated in 2021, Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort was designed as a response to racist violence, inequitable firm culture, and a segregated built environment, and in alignment with NOMA NW’s Call-to-Action. The RJWG is comprised of architects and allied professionals who are invested in industry-wide culture change.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
The RJWG meets bi-weekly, March – December. Currently, meetings occur online every other Friday, 9-10am PT. To learn more, or receive upcoming meeting and event details, e-mail the committee’s staff contact, Zoe Guckenheimer.
GUIDING RESOURCES
- Call-to-Action (NOMA NW)
- Guides for Equitable Practice (AIA National)
- JE:DI Council Resource List (AIA Seattle)
RACIAL JUSTICE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS (2024)
Alyssa M. Mitchell Assoc. AIA, Weber Thompson | Jennie C. Li, Planning in Color/UW Landscape Architecture | John Alex Correa, HEWITT | Leon Holloway, NOMA NW/DLR Group | Shweta Sinha AIA, Schemata Workshop | Susan Frieson AIA, Diversity Roundtable/JE:DI Council/NOMA NW/AIA Membership Advancement Committee | Marijana Misic AIA, NOMA, AIA Seattle Board of Directors/Mahlum | Meredith Everist AIA, Past AIA Seattle Board of Directors/Baylis Architects
The Racial Justice Working Group (RJWG) includes individuals from NOMA NW, Planning in Color, and Diversity Roundtable. Thank you to all who have contributed over the years!
Committee Chair(s):
Contact the Committee Chair(s):
zoeg@aiaseattle.orgUpdates from Racial Justice Working Group
Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort 2024
This workshop-based curriculum focuses on individual skill-building and implementation related to structural firm-wide and firm-level change. Participants will grow their capacity and responsiveness to lead justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts and engage in sustained action. Sessions will explore power…
Updates from the Justice & Equity for Diversity & Inclusion Council
Who serves on the AIA Seattle JE:DI Council? Michele Hill AIA (co-chair) | AIA Seattle President Matthew Hagen AIA (co-chair) | Workshop 315 Whitney Lewis Assoc. AIA (emeritus chair) | GGLO Anna Leach AIA | Amazon Rania Qawasma | Koz…
Culture Change in Practice: A Leadership Cohort 2023
This four-part, peer-based learning program was designed by a team of architects and allied professionals as a response to racist violence, inequitable firm culture, and a segregated built environment. With the support of our facilitator, Dr. Anu Taranath, this program…
