| - | Zakiya K. Thomas | A YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EVENT AT THE MFA: Work with young professionals networks to hold an evening event at the MFA Zakiya Thomas, MFA – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. The Partnership – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Steve Anglin– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Harold Austin– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Milton Curry– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Marc Lucas– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Urban League, Young Professonal Network– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. NAMBAA– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Ted Landsmark | DESIGN EXCELLENCE: Lecture, discussion, etc. by noted Minority Architects. David Adajaye – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Jack Travis – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Phil Freelon – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Steve Lewis – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Ted Landsmark | MARKETING: Newspapers - Special series of articles on the impact of changing city demographic on the city. Bringing people who might not be that well known in local communities to the attention of the city as whole. David Adajaye – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Jack Travis – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Phil Freelon – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Steve Lewis – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Mike Nurse | PERCEPTIONS & REALITIES IN MINORITY A short list of people the participants, the organizers, and/or liaison or contact who would be first step in getting the idea off the ground. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Jeremy Liu | BLACK FEMALE ARCHITECTS: Invite all of the Licienced Female African American Architects to the Convention. Photo, Commentary of the impression of the new Female: 205 Male: 1399 Audrey O’hagan. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Kathy Dickson at NOMA. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Ted Landsmark. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Bradford Grant and Dennis Mann, Directory of African American Architects. – http://blackarch.uc.edu/ |
| - | Jay Lee | “EARLY OUT” ACT ROXBURY FILM FESTIVAL PRE-SCREENING: Early pre-screen of potential film festival entries. ACT ROXBURY FILM FESTIVAL: Special themed, 2 day, screening during the convention in the City Hall lobby. Early pre-screen of potential film festival entries. Candelaria Silva, Act Roxbury Jay Lee – Interested in helping with brainstorming |
| - | Jay Lee | A YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EVENT AT THE MFA: Work with young professionals networks to hold an evening event at the MFA Jay Lee – Interested in helping with this. |
| - | Jay Lee | DND, BRA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Jay Lee – AD for Design and Construction, DND John Dalzell, BRA Mike Cannizzo, BRA John Freugbeuch, DND Diane G. , |
| - | Jane Weinzapfel FAIA | EXhibit of projects by minority architects: Juried Exhibit of projects by |
| - | Jane Weinzapfel FAIA | MArketing ongoing events: It would be great to have a flyer in the Convention packets that outlines neighborhood events during the weekend, and how to get there. (e.g. Is there still a kite festival in |
| - | Jane Weinzapfel FAIA | Minority architect project TOUR: Bus tour of projects by minority architects Michael Washington– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Don Stull– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. David Lee– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Ralph Jackson– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Audrey O’Hagan– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Jay Lee– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Jane Weinzapfel FAIA | Social events, receptions, parties: Club scene pub crawl, as Emma Goldman wisely stated “If there’s no dancing, count me out of your revolution.” Steve Anglin– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Harold Austin– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Milton Curry– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Marc Lucas– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Jane Weinzapfel FAIA | Something green and fun: (e.g. A solar cookie bake-off on the greenway with neighborhood recipe competitions – we’d have to figure out the contraptions (too bad I can’t find my iron tortilla press) with the Mayor/City Council as tasters. Mayor – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. City Council – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. Communities living around the Greenway– Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Hiroko Kikuchi | MFA YOUTH ARTS PROGRAM: Exhibition of Youth Program projects… A short list of people the participants, the organizers, and/or liaison or contact who would be first step in getting the idea off the ground. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Eric Jean | REVITALIZED NEIGHBORHOOD MAINSTREETS: Revitalization of neighborhood centers in Roxbury, etc. A short list of people the participants, the organizers, and/or liaison or contact who would be first step in getting the idea off the ground. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Eric Jean | YOUTH: Engaging Youth in the convnetion A short list of people the participants, the organizers, and/or liaison or contact who would be first step in getting the idea off the ground. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
| - | Ted Landsmark | DIVERSITY 2000 UPDATE: Follow up on the diversity 2000 publication. This way good way of getting minority professors and other academics involved. A short list of people the participants, the organizers, and/or liaison or contact who would be first step in getting the idea off the ground. – Contact Information, Email Address, Phone, etc. |
Saturday, July 28, 2007
AIA Convention - Minority Engagement - Desired Outcomes
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
AIA National Convention - Minority Engagement - Advisory Group
| AIA National Convention - Minority Engagement - Advisory Group |  |  Jay Lee AIA | ||
| To Black Architects Forum members and others, I am writing you to ask for your assistance in developing the planning for the AIA National Convention that will be held in Boston in May of 2008. It may seem like a long way from now but the planning of tours, seminars and special events is moving at a quick pace. This brings me to the reason I am emailing you today. I am looking to form an advisory committee whose mission will be to develop a strategy for increasing minority engagement during the AIA National Convention in 2008. As The National AIA President is Marshall Purnell FAIA, a black architect. This is the first time the AIA has had a black president. And given our own Massachusetts first, Governor Deval Patrick, it is special opportunity to show off how the city has changed in the last 10 to 15 years. The BSA, Boston Society of Architects, is organizing much of the efforts leading up to the Convention. The goal of the advisory group is to ensure that the perspective of minority groups is prominent in the planning process. I am writing today to ask for your participation in this planning process. Therefore I ask you to review my draft memo (see below) that lays out the mission vision goals and agenda for an Advisory Group meeting. And finally ask for your participation in the group. I hope you will consider joining me for the two meetings I will be planning. Due to the fact that deadlines for AIA proposals for seminars and the BSA's tours have closed or are about to close, the first meeting is planned for this Friday from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Therefore, if you are able to attend this Friday please let me know (eelaj@aol.com ). Thank you Jay Lee AIA, NOMA Black Architects Forum Chair BSA Board Member AIA NATIONAL CONVENTION 2008 IN BOSOTN ADVISORY GROUP – Minority Engagement Draft Memo Overview The American Institute of Architects National Convention will be held in Boston in May of 2008. The National AIA President is Marshall Purnell, a black architect. This is the first time the AIA has had a black president. And given our own Massachusetts first, Governor Deval Patrick, it is special opportunity to show off how the city has changed in the last 10 to 15 years. The BSA, Boston Society of Architects, is organizing much of the efforts leading up to the Convention; however, I have been concerned that the perspective of minority groups might be overlooked in the planning without putting particular efforts toward this goal. Because the event is only 9 months away, the tour, events and seminar schedule is rapidly closing. More about Marshall Purnell http://www.aia.org/press2_template.cfm?pagename=release_061506_purnell_president Convention Theme “We the people” Visit www.architects.org/2008 for more information on "We the People" AIA's 2008 convention in Boston next year. Mission Develop strategy for increasing minority engagement during the AIA National Convention in 2008 Vision 10-15 years there have been great strives forward in the city. It is more diverse than ever before. And areas of the city that were devastated by urban renewal and disinvestment have begun to prosper as new housing and new commercial establishment begin to fill the empty lots of the city. The AIA Convention presents an opportunity to showcase the “new” minority majority city Boston has become today. Looking back at the era of busing, the city is vastly different. Over the last 10 to 15 years there have been great strives forward that pose a different view of Boston to many that will come to the convention for those who have been here in the past and first time visitors alike. These successes and transformations have been very gradual to us as residents of the city but the Convention gives us a moment to step back and savor the accomplishments we have made. And look forward to what might be next on the horizon in the future. The substance of architecture is in the conditions that create it. The policies, social issues, needs and demands of the public are what set the stage for the brick and mortar building to designed and built. These conditions posed as questioning seminars would be a way to engage minority professional engaged in the pre-conditions for architect to enter into the brick and mortar discussion of the AIA Convention. Roles The Advisory Group’s role is to be translators. And coordinate the language of these conditions discussions with the brick and mortar discussion at the AIA Goals
Meeting Agenda
Desired Outcomes - Ask interested groups or individuals for a placeholder for panel discussions and tours by September 1st. Describe Boston's current environment. How would you describe Boston's current environment? And how does it relate to what it has been like in the past? Are there new directions we should be thinking about? What direction do we see for Boston as a community? Does this set the stage for new establishments, businesses, etc. that do not currently exist. The architecture that results from engaging these questions will be the food for though later. But what is important is to set the conditions and spell out the ideal conditions we as a minority now Majority community wish to shape. The Advisory Group is meant to discuss these questions and suggest seminars for the Convention around several of the topics discussed during two meetings. The task of the Group will not be to do the work of the seminars but to identify the people who should be involved in the discussion and get them engaged in making a presentation as a part of a panel discussion, next year. Right now we only need an outline (a paragraph and a list of the people who potentially will be on the panel) Tentative date July 27, 2007 5:30 to 7:30pm Location TBD Food and beverages will be provided during the meeting.. | ||||
Monday, July 23, 2007
Samson Projects: Summer of '07/ TTBaum: To Thine Own Self....
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| TTBaum to thine own self... July 25 -- 27 Performance: Thursday, July 26 @ 7PM 450 Harrison Avenue Storefront 63 Boston, MA 02118 T 617 357 7177 Summer Hours: Wednesday to Friday 11 to 5 PM &, of course, by appointment |  |
| Samson Projects finishes off the Summer of '07 with a performance by TTBaum: to thine own self… We enter the world of the Protagonist. The character strives to keep his identity, whole, secure and free from burden. It is all to clear to the viewer however that the Protagonist has some company. Though ignored, the Shadow is as real in this world as our main character. The dance begins. The Protagonist quickly realizes that a part of himself that has been neglected and denied still hangs on. A battle ensues. The Protagonist and the Shadow struggle for dominance. But who will triumph? TTBaum Summer of '07 is a series of one week projects to memorialize the summer of the Son of Sam. For more information go to www.samsonprojects.com |
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Boston Ski Party NBS Eastern Region Summerfest 2007
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