AIA Southwest Washington

The following Chapter Purposes and related Goals further support and define the Chapter’s Mission :

• Awareness: Promote and facilitate awareness of issues impacting our practices, profession, and the community;

• Community: Architects working as a community of professionals to create better places for people.

• Knowledge: Provide resources and educational opportunities for the purpose of im

proving member practices, thereby increasing individual knowledge, profit potential, and innovation within the profession;

• Activism: Provide and facilitate opportunities for chapter members and the public to contribute to the livability and sustainability of their communities;

• Advocacy: As Architects, we give voice to our shared values in order to shape sustainable communities at the local, state, regional and national levels.

• Public Policy: Participate in influencing local and state regulatory policy related to the built and natural environments, such that individual practices, the profession of architecture, and communities are strengthened;

• Fellowship: Provide forums for professional fellowship among chapter members and the greater design community, honoring and recognizing individuals and connecting and collaborating with other organizations;

• Knowledge: AIA Knowledge Communities facilitate sharing about design and practice issues on a national and local level.

• Design: Provide forums for design advocacy and for critiquing and celebrating work within the chapter;

• Ethics: Provide forums for chapter member accountability;

• Legacy: Encourage careers within the profession of architecture by assisting young adults with scholarships towards architectural education, engagement in mentoring opportunities, and the development of future leaders within the profession.