. Caring and sharing in a season of plenty
. Creating a widening circle of friends and stories
… Connecting with the community and all generations
. Celebrating inspirational achievements with aspiring designers and community leaders
. Advancing the endowment of the AIA Seattle Fund for Diversity at UW CAUP

The AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable and co-hosts invite all to join the 8th Annual Summer Solstice Procession, a benefit for the AIA Seattle Fund for Diversity at UW College of Architecture & Urban Planning.
·Reservations/contributions welcome.
·South Park procession route (6/25, 9-noon)

Lunch break in the shed-in-process at the Marra Farm Garden Party 5/14 (photo by Clarence Kwan):
Row 1: Their mom with Adam & Sammy; Denice Hunt Intern Greg Squires
Row 2: Jennifer the agro-anthropology student, Marga Rose Hancock, Eric Higbee
Row 3: Dave, Woody, and Suzanne Haizlip; Mario Campos
Row 4: Mark Haizlip

The AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable, in partnership with colleagues at the UW Department of Achitecture, Pomegranate Center, and Fremont Public Association, have big ideas for the 2005 Summer Solstice Procession - with a series of events that commenced with a late-March visit to Marra Farm, in Seattle's historic, diverse, and proud South Park neighborhood.

Following in the path initiated by 2005 Denice Hunt K-12 Intern Greg Squires and his project partner Mark Haizlip in a garden shed design/build project for Marra Farm undertaken with students at nearby Concord Elementary School, Roundtable folk including Nancy Callery AIA and M. Mario Campos AIA toured the site with Jim Diers and Milenko Matanovic, gathering strength from the land and a vision for a long-term project with and for the community and its young leaders.

The action continued with a Marra Farm Garden Party Saturday morning May 14 when Mark and Greg and the multi-generational party pictured above among others, assisted and/or observed construction of a garden shed to include a teaching bench, in a joyful spirit.

Next, the Summer Solstice Procession, including
* Thursday 6/23 NOON
Honors Series Luncheon with AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable co-founder Marga Rose Hancock Hon. AIA, in the AIA Seattle Honors Series (Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle)

* Saturday 6/25 MORNING
Natural & Community Wonders Tour of Duwamish Watershed Restoration/South Park/Marra Farm
Points along the way (see/download MAP):
· 9am Randy's Restaurant (10016 E Marginal Way S, just south of Museum of Flight): gathering & tour orientation. No-host breakfast (optional)
· 10am South Park Espresso, 14th & Cloverdale: downtown South Park
· 10:15am Duwamish Watershed Restoration urban nature walk/bird-watching (bring binoculars!) with AIA 2007 President R K Stewart FAIA, Nancy Callery AIA, John Beal, Denis deSilvis of Seattle Audubon Master Birders, and other stewards and activists;
· 11:30am Cesar Chavez Park & "The Tree" at skate park site, followed by ceremonial procession with South Park neighbors of all generations;
· noon Marra Farm Garden Party lunch, bridging, and closing festivities
Ethnic regalia, gardening garb, and musical instruments welcome!

* Saturday 6/25 EVENING
AIA Seattle Honors Gala, a celebration of diverse professional achievements including the AIA Seattle 2005 Community Service Award to Dr. Sharon E. Sutton FAIA.

Diversity Roundtable Chair Clarence Kwan AIA, also a member of AIA's national Diversity Committee, advises that the Roundtable also plans to launch a project bridging design professionals with the local community (details forthcoming), and encourages all AIA Seattle Members to take part all along the way.

Watch for details soon on this exciting project with 'AIA 150' implications.

Again this year, Procession proceeds benefit the Roundtable's program to support students from diverse backgrounds at the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning – targeting advanced-level endowment of a second student scholarship, the AIA Seattle Fund for Diversity. (In 1998, the Roundtable endowed the Denice Hunt K-12 Internship, honoring Diversity Roundtable founding member Denice Johnson Hunt AIA, the first woman of African American heritage to serve as President of an AIA component.)

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