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Committees

Diversity and Inclusion

AIA New York’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee seeks to provoke a dialogue about diversity issues and give agency to issues of inclusion and representation. The profession is undergoing changes and faces enormous challenges with regards to climate change, energy consumption, and health needs. The practice's shifting cultural landscape requires all of us to diversify. In 2008, the AIA National Board recognized that a key strategic initiative required the enlistment of “new talents and new insights to address the critical issues of our time and future generations. The outcome will be a strengthened, more highly valued, and esteemed profession capable of reaching into constituencies previously underserved.” The local committee’s role works to match that of the Diversity & Inclusion Council at the National level. At the local level, we need to turn toward action items and ideas that articulate and promote diversity.

March 28, 2018

Diversity and Inclusion at United Nations

We are thrilled to announce that three of AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s past and present co-chairs were featured in an exhibit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York! Architect/Activists Danei Cesario, Venesa Alicea, and Mark Gardner are among the distinguished NycobaNOMA members who highlighted their projects, experiences and guidance for emerging professionals that also aimed to build a more collaborative society. The exhibit, “Triumphs and Struggles for Freedom and Equality”, is an extension of Say It Loud and was open to the public from March 5th through March 28th. Opening remarks were given by current committee co-chair Danei Cesario at the Exhibit Ceremony to an audience including the NGO community, diplomats and United Nations officials.