2024-04-30T20:10:09-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150005602/how-can-architecture-become-more-diverse-on-may-5th-l-a-aia-s-encompass-conference-addresses-this-question Julia Ingalls 2017-05-04T11:44:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/aa/aaa9kuieacam3sxj.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Although there's always a few ignorant and ignoble members of any profession, architecture is primarily made up of progressively-minded, ethically-bound professionals. So why is architecture so white, male, and socioeconically monolithic? More importantly, how can these statistics be changed?</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/21819085/contours-urban-justice Sherin Wing 2011-09-26T16:45:11-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ta/tayvu20q5e1mdpl2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> The Census Bureau just released its latest statistics from 2008 on, amongst other things, <a href="http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/income_expenditures_poverty_wealth/poverty.html" target="_blank">poverty</a>. In an article on making housing more accessible to the <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20110602/the-5000-home-for-developed-nations" target="_blank">poor</a>, I cited some older statistics to highlight the much-neglected need. Too often, people focus on the &ldquo;other&rdquo; poor, those living in developing nations because it is easier than examining those who are impoverished in our own urban centers.</p>