Association for Women in Architecture + Design is a non-profit org dedicated to advancing & supporting positions of women in the architecture and design fields.

Los Angeles
Joined November 2009
Our Principal Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA, along with client Rochelle Mills, President & CEO of @IHO_inc, will be attending this year's @AWAplusD event. Come say, "Hello!" 👋 👋 👋
SoCal NOMA BeVisible 2020 Campaign -member enjoy the screening of the The Paul R. Williams Story tonight. #socalnoma #noma #paulwilliamsarchitect #pbs #bevisible #noma #allinfornoma HOLLYWOOD'S ARCHITECT Paul R Williams: A Pioneering African American Architect available on pbs
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Expert panel discusses the definitions of #intersectionality @AWAplusD #AWADSymposium: 1. Equality, not handouts or favors 2. Overlapping social identities where bias blinds us to broad problems around injustice. 3. What I am and what people don’t see me as.
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We need to think about who we’re inviting to lecture at our schools & who our students are seeing...and keep schools accountable. It’s an important thing to see how we’re doing, create pressure points & share the biases schools continue to perpetuate. - Lori Brown @helloarchitexx
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The failure of feminism to interrogate race = that the resistance strategies of feminism will often replicate & reinforce the subordination of people of color & the failure of antiracism to interrogate patriarchy = that antiracism will often reproduce the subordination of women.
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Intersectionality is an idea put forward by women of color saying that though we agree that women should be treated as equals, women are not a homogenous group. #AWADSymposium
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Full house @AWAplusD #AWADSymposium, a forum delivering a conversation around underrepresented voices, cross-disciplinary thinking, and designs for social impact that includes exploration of intersectional feminism. – at Los Angeles, CA
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20 Job Opportunities at Women-Led Architecture Firms: Part 1 archinect.com/news/article/1…
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“The equity question has to be a regional question, not a neighborhood by neighborhood question, in order to be effective.” LA City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson #ULIMarketplace #equity
Early Bird tickets until March 28th,going soon..Check out "Intersectionality: 2018 AWA+D Symposium + AWAF Scholarship Awards" eventbrite.com/e/intersectio… @Eventbrite
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Though #WICweek2018 has come to an end, our work to advance & promote #womeninconstruction continues. One of the ways we do this is via strategic partnerships. Follow our WIC partners here: @WiOPSMentors @AGCCalifornia @NAMCsocal @AWAplusD @NAWBOLA @LAOC_BTrades @wcoecalifornia
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#womenshistorymonth #projectamplify 11/31: Nina Briggs - Educator & Principal of The Fabric: thefabric.org/more working on “Practioners” movie about women in, around, adjacent to and outside of architecture @aninsggirb @AWAplusD @SoCalNOMA @NOMArchitects @AIALosAngeles
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The wonderful Places Journal are calling for articles on Architecture and Democracy. "We are open to diverse... fb.me/WcvlcFnG
In California, momentum builds for radical action on housing trib.al/WtohvJD
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“It’s a good day in Los Angeles. Give yourselves a round of applause for recognizing women in construction & surrounding industries.” @priscillachav kicking off panel on leadership & measurable change – at Los Angeles, CA
Inspiring comments by Jackie Rivera set the tone at our 1st of 3 #WICWeek2018 @NawicLA events this am at our DTLA City Hall.
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Claire Bartels of LA’s City Dept. of Finance discusses her love of construction and all that’s going on in DTLA - & how different our city might be had more women helped build it. @NawicLA #WICWeek2018
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Listening to @NawicLA’s President @priscillachav open #WICWeek2018 at #LACityHall. Proud to represent @AWAplusD at this #WomenInConstruction event.
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