The National Endowment of the Arts has granted The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), in partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector (NAACP - CESBS) and the Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) Network the opportunity to collaborate on a series of webinars that educate and train emerging design professionals,  seasoned design professionals, design activist,  and community stake holders about diversity and inclusion in the built environment. This effort will see the three organizations work in partnership to deliver a series of webinars that highlight projects that exemplify Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in design, architecture, and land development in the US. The course will raise awareness about underrepresented groups in the design industry and about underrepresented populations’ limited access to good design in the built environment. The goal of this webinar series, five webinars in total, are to begin a dialogue about applying JEDI principles & processes in the design and construction of buildings, landscapes, and communities throughout the United States. 

Each course will focus on a single case study highlighting the process and design principles utilized by five project teams. The case studies were selected through the national 2020 NOMA-NAACP-SEED Awards program that was juried by twelve nationally recognized activists, educators, and practitioners of JEDI in design. The webinar series will outline the criteria developed to evaluate the Award-winning projects that will begin the framework for designing for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion for the built environment and beyond. 

Learning Objectives

Learning Objective 1: Identify examples of award-winning design collaborations with underrepresented populations, community stakeholders and underrepresented groups having limited access to design.

Learning Objective 2: Engage in discussions with experts about the social values and public benefits of good design as standard practice. 

Learning Objective 3: Analyze with practitioners, the value and means to create buildings, structures, tools that exemplify justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the architectural profession. 

Learning Objective 4: Explore the presentation of architects/designers that make socially sustainable design in the public interest and available to all persons.

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