Summer Solstice 2012 THANKS

The AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable acknowledges with gratitude all those who took part in the Summer Solstice 2012 event.

Thursday June 21, 2012 at the offices of Suyama Peterson Deguchi

• "MINORITY" ARCHITECTS: a panel discussion and conversation, with Q&A moderated by Dr. Victoria Kaplan, author of Structural Inequality: Black Architects in the United States (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006). Panelists: Marilyn Brockman, Johnpaul Jones, Donald King

• GUEST OF HONOR GEORGE SUYAMA: AIA Seattle 2009 Medal of Honor recipient George Suyama FAIA offered comments on his life in architecture

• SUPPORTING DIVERSE SCHOLARS: Toast raised to UW architecture students currently & previously supported by scholarships endowed by the Roundtable including Kira Connery, 2012-13 recipient of the Marga Rose Hancock Diversity ScholarshipThose present contributed a total of $1,275 to increase the scholarship support provided to UW students via the two student support programs endowed by the Diversity Roundtable: the Marga Rose Hancock Scholarship for Diversity, and the Denice Hunt Internship.

THANKS TO DONORS:

Matt Aalfs, Bassetti Architects, Marilyn Brockman, Emily Buchwalter, Alice Chiang, Carole Crowder, Daniel Glenn, Cameron Hall, David Harmon, Raul Hirsch, Doug & Allison Jennings, Johnpaul Jones, Victoria Kaplan, Donald I. King, Debbie Lematta, Linda Mallin, Davila Parker-Garcia, Anna Pepper, Stephanie Pure, Rico Quirindongo, Lisa Richmond, Marga Rose Hancock, Rie Shintani, Suyama Peterson Deguchi, Crystal Whiters

• HERITAGE FEAST: Food & drink provided by AIA Diversity Roundtable members & friends