EQxDV A2 Now What?

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A2: Now What?! Advocacy, Activism, and Alliances in American Architecture

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Now What?! Advocacy, Activism, and Alliances in American Architecture since 1968 examines the little-known history of architects and designers furthering the civil rights, women's, and LGBTQ movements of the past fifty years. The exhibition content, conversations, and stories will inspire design professionals to see themselves as agents of change by looking at the past to see new ways forward. This panel discussion will 1) explore the impetus behind the exhibition 2) reflect on the legacy of activist architecture exhibitions, and 3) describe the ways the project empowers young activists in the profession by mobilizing its history.

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Sarah Rafson

Founder, Point Line Projects

Sarah Rafson is an architectural writer, editor, and curator who founded Point Line Projects, an editorial and curatorial agency for architecture and design. She was the 2017-18 Ann Kalla Visiting Professor at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, where she continues to teach, and won the Columbia University Buell Center Oral History Prize for her graduate research. Sarah serves on the board of ArchiteXX and has worked on exhibitions with the Centre Pompidou and Museum of Modern Art, and edited two books, Parc de la Villette (Artifice, 2014) and Builders, Housewives, and the Construction of Modern Athens (Artifice, 2017).

Roberta Washington, FAIA, NOMA

Principal, Roberta Washington Architects

As Principal of Roberta Washington Architects, PC since 1983, Roberta has designed and overseen the designs of schools, housing projects and cultural centers including the African Burial Ground Interpretive Center in Lower Manhattan. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Howard University and a Master of Science in Architecture degree from Columbia University. Roberta is a past president of the National Organization of Minority Architects and a past NYC Landmarks Preservation Commissioner. Since 1997 she has researched and written about early black women architects with biographies appearing in The Biographical Dictionary of African-American Architects, 1865-1945 and Le Dictionaaries Des Femmes Creatrices.