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The WIA (Women in Architecture) is a subcommittee of the AIA Silicon Valley. Founded in 2015, the committee’s focus is on expanding equity, equality, and diversity in the profession of architecture. The WIA offers programs which empower and support women as they establish their professional identities, develop their career paths, and find their leadership direction. Gender serves as a gateway topic to addressing experiences of diversity - allowing a flexible and expansive focus on topics. These are addressed through our events as the committee members and event guests navigate their intersectional identities and the challenges of living and working in a complex socio-historic context, a dynamic economic and technological region, and a turbulent political climate.

Interested in learning more about our upcoming plans and stay up to date with WIA activities? Join us virtually
every third Wednesday of the month at noon.

Zoom Meeting Link : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81103086362?pwd=MUN2L29tYkRnS09NeVRvM1pGS0Zidz09
Meeting ID: 811 0308 6362
Passcode: 431783

Check out events listed below to learn more about advocacy! Both members and non-members are welcome.

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WIA READ & LEARN_ DESIGN & FEMINISM: RE-VISIONING SPACES, PLACES, & EVERYDA

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We’ll be discussing the short essay “Outgrowing the Corner of the Kitchen Table” by architect Ghislaine Hermanuz and its parallels to today’s gig economy and remote work. The essay can be found in the seminal 1999 collection of essays ‘Design and Feminism’ edited by Joan Rothschild.

Excerpts from the reading will be shared throughout the discussion, so please don’t skip this event even if you haven’t read the essay.

Led By: Kate Conley, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Kate Conley is a Project Architect at LPA in San Jose working with their urban design studio on commercial office projects in the South Bay and Peninsula. She’s a licensed architect in California and Washington State. She started her career on affordable housing projects in Southern California after graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Architecture and minor in Sustainable Environments from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Her passion for sustainable design led her to become a LEED AP and drew her to the Bay Area, where she focused on higher education projects at UC Santa Cruz, Stanford, and UC Berkeley with CAW Architects. Opportunities as a project architect and associate at Foster + Partners took her to Chicago and Seattle designing flagship retail projects. Improving equity and justice in the design and engineering professions is an increasing area of focus, leading her participate in the AIA Silicon Valley EDI Task Force and the WIA Committee.

Source:: https://aiasiliconvalley.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1400743&group=
Earlier Event: July 29
TEA TIME - International Congress of Women Architects
Later Event: August 26
AIASVC August Chapter Meeting: K-12-College-Career : Structures and Opportunities to Increase Diversity in Architecture