AIA DC Advocacy Committee

01/30/2022

Calling all Washington DC Citizen Architects! Join the discussion with the AIA|DC Advocacy Committee! At a National, Regional and Local level, Architects are engaged and positively impacting communities.

The term “Citizen Architect” is a title informally bestowed on AIA members, given with great pride and representative of a call to action for Architects to take greater role in the civic advocacy of their communities. As defined in 2008 by the AIA National Board of Directors, the Citizen Archite...

02/25/2021

https://archinect.com/news/article/150251825/biden-repeals-trump-s-classical-architecture-order-so-what-happens-now

What do YOU think? Leave your comments here! If a federal building is allowed to respond to the historic context of DC neighborhoods in a contemporary manner, what does this mean for DC-based architects and architecture firms? Are we better positioned to design these buildings in our community?

Last year, Trump and his

01/23/2021

https://dcist.com/story/21/01/15/bowser-vetoes-bills-dcra-dc-council-ombudsman-neglected-children/

She also vetoed a bill that would create a new ombudsman's office within the city's public child welfare agency.

01/07/2021

Welcoming new members this year! Please join us for new initiatives. Advocacy for the Community, Design Professionals and how the two can work together to improve DC.

01/07/2021

We are looking for new members! We have an exciting year ahead of us with new initiatives. Advocacy for the Community and the Profession, and how the two work together to make DC a better place.

Jack Devilbiss, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
[email protected]

12/11/2020

https://www.aia.org/pages/6223926-aia-advocacy

AIA is the voice of architecture to legislators at the federal, state, and local level. Here you can engage your legislators and use AIA tools and resources to develo0p skills as an advocate to build power for architects.

12/11/2020

https://www.aia.org/pages/208716-a-guide-to-engaging-with-civic-leaders

This toolkit will teach you to position yourself as a trusted advisor, and as a result, demonstrate the value architects bring to their community.

11/01/2020

Make sure to get out and VOTE! 🇺🇸

08/08/2020

Protect your firm with AIA’s Architect’s Guide to Business Continuity!

Floods, cyber-attacks, and pandemics like COVID-19 are just a few of the risks that can prevent your firm from remaining open and profitable. And yet only 22% of firms with 1–19 employees have a business continuity plan. Develop yours with AIA’s new guide for architects and firms.

Don’t let your firm become a statistic. Get AIA’s new Architect’s Guide to Business Continuity to help architects and firms develop a business continuity plan.

08/06/2020

“Architects have always dared to reach higher and set new standards. Our next architectural achievements will be measured by how well they respond to a post-pandemic world, eradicate inequity, fuel economic recovery, eliminate carbon emissions, and nurture individual and community health.

Now is the time for urgent and decisive action on these issues. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) represents more than 95,000 architecture professionals. We step forward to address the needs of our economy, climate, and communities. We seek support for the crushing student debt of our members; support for disadvantaged businesses; and real progress to end the systemic racism that has existed for centuries and continues to grip our nation. We seek meaningful policies and commit to better buildings that will sustain a healthy country.”

Policy Platform 2020

08/01/2020

“AIA strongly opposes the Administration’s dismantling of this critical rule,” said AIA EVP/Chief Executive Officer Robert Ivy, FAIA. “Our federal government should confront the legacy of discriminatory housing policies as intended in the Fair Housing Act of 1968, not shrink away from the responsibility of ensuring our communities are equitable. At such a critical moment in time for addressing racial inequity, it’s clear we need to do more, not less, to provide equitable opportunity to all Americans, especially for a basic human need such as shelter.”

AIA has had a longstanding commitment to equitable communities, including advocating for affordable housing initiatives.

HUD rollback of Fair Housing policy puts communities at risk

HUD rollback of Fair Housing policy puts communities at risk