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.

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 (2023)

Whitney Lewis Assoc. AIA, Diversity Roundtable/JE:DI Council/AIA Board of Directors/GGLO  |  Susan Frieson AIA, Diversity Roundtable/JE:DI Council/NOMA NW/AIA Membership Advancement Committee/ Weber Thompson  |  Kristen Riley Assoc. AIA, LMN Architects  |  Meredith Everist AIA, AIA Past Board of Directors/Baylis Architects  |  Jennie C. Li, Planning in Color  |  Marijana Misic AIA, AIA Board of Directors/Mahlum  |  Leon Holloway, NOMA NW/DLR Group  |  Alyssa M. Mitchell, Assoc. AIA, Weber Thompson  |  Shweta Sinha, AIA, Schemata Workshop  |  Lisa Morgenroth, AIA