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