The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced a new $10,000 donation to the ACE Mentor Program in the interest of supporting its mission to provide valuable afterschool opportunities to aspiring architects in 37 states.
The AIA shares that more than 4,000 professionals participate in the program, which impacts more than 10,000 students nationally. The program was first launched in New York in 1994 and serves a student body that is comprised of approximately 70% people of color.
The program has been greatly expanded since then, joining with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) in 2021 in a strategic partnership that helped to further expand its offerings to students.
“The work that ACE is doing in high schools across the country aligns with our mission to provide not just inspiration, but equitable access to our field,” ACE’s Corey Clayborne said at the announcement. “Many of our members are already volunteering with their respective ACE affiliates at the local component level. It is an honor to continue this support at the national level to strengthen the future of our profession.”
Gensler’s co-CEO Diane Hoskins added: “I have been a long-time active supporter of both ACE and the AIA. As a member of the ACE Executive Committee, I look forward to working with both organizations to introduce students to careers in architecture and design and we are proud of the work ACE is achieving with AIA to build a workforce pipeline from high school to licensure.”
More information on the ACE Mentorship Program can be found here.
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"Aspiring architects in 37 states." $10,000. How generous of AIA! +,- $275 per state. Don't spend it in one place.
AIA has approx. 100,000 members close to $1000 a pop membership fees @ $100,000,000. Embarrassing amount of investment in the future.
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If the numbers are correct.
10k really? what a joke.
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