AIA Seattle and Seattle Design Festival’s shared vision is for a culture of design that fosters equitable, resilient, thriving communities. With escalating events over the past weeks culminating in a nationwide strike on Friday and numerous protests this weekend, we are hearing loud and clear from our members and volunteers a desire to take action and engage positively in our community, in alignment with our vision.
AIA Seattle stands with our colleagues in Minnesota who are leading with a message to their community for patience, consistency, adaptation and nurturing.
In alignment with our Imperatives, AIA Seattle commits time and resources to achieve change in Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and are committed to identifying, naming and dismantling systemic discrimination within the architecture community in order to nurture universal inclusion and fairness in the built environment, for the communities we impact.
Here are opportunities to reflect on the role of the built environment to dismantle systems of exclusion:
Join AIA Minnesota’s 2026 Spatial Justice Program, presented in Seattle in collaboration with the Center for Transformative Urban Design. Learn how to implement spatial justice in practice with cohorts in Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle. Begins March 19.
Attend Transit-Oriented Development, presented by Seattle Architecture Foundation and El Centro de la Raza. This panel will explore how thoughtful design for mass transit can preserve neighborhood character, create green space, and expand affordable housing options. February 25, 5-7:30pm.
Volunteer with Architects Without Borders Seattle (AWB-S) for international and local projects in collaboration with underserved communities.
Attend Leadership Pathways with AIA Seattle + Seattle Design Festival to learn more about strategic leadership under our shared vision through service on the Board of Directors. This Thursday, February 5, from 5:30-6pm.
Educate yourself and others, and bring visibility to Constitutional and civil rights:
Pictured above: AIA Seattle’s Contested Spaces – Rights to the City Forum at Bertha Knight Landes Room, Seattle City Hall
