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Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.

Actions speak louder than words.  Buying an ad in the NYT is a onetime gesture that does not move the needle towards a broader diversity and equity in our profession.  It will not increase the number of licensed architects that are African American, women or other minorities.  Instead I suggest that the AIA College of Fellows use the money that many are willing to give for the $45,000-$80,000 NYT ad and create a scholarship fund specifically geared to help increase the number of minority licensed architects.  Point of fact:  out of the 116,250 +/-  licensed architects in the US, there are only less than 500 licensed African American women, that is not even half of one percent of the total number. 

The funds can be used in two ways:

1.       Provide funding for minority emerging professionals to pay for the licensing exam and materials;

2.       Provide scholarships to minority students to help pay for their architectural education

These scholarship will have a much more meaningful and long standing impact in increasing diversity and equity in the architecture profession.  I am sure we all know 5 to 10 AIA Fellows that we can each ask to each donate $100 to this fund and easily reach $50,000,  even more if I am an optimist, which I am.  The scholarship fund is a  much better use of my money than a newspaper ad.  Plus it does what the COF is supposed to do – mentor the younger generation.

I have my credit card ready and my 10 AIA Fellows, someone please tell how / help me get this funding started.