. 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 Student Support Fund for Diversity at UW CAUP

The AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable and co-hosts invite all to join the 9th Annual Summer Solstice Sequence, a celebration of diverse achievements, to benefit the AIA Seattle Student Support Fund for Diversity at UW College of Architecture & Urban Planning.

THURSDAY June 22, 5-7pm at AIA Seattle:
BOOK TALK: 'Not the Only One'
Presented in partnership with colleagues at the UW Department of Architecture, BOOK TALKS: "Not the Only One," features authors and their books 'by & about' architects of color and architects' work in multi-cultural communities – celebrating the subjects and the authors at a reception and book-signing.
The event will also include a circle of remembrance in honor of Mel Streeter AIA (d. 6/12/06), who as a founding member of the Diversity Roundtable played a major role in the establishment of the AIA Seattle Student Support Fund for Diversity and the Denice Hunt K-12 Internship at UW CAUP.

FRIDAY June 23, 5-7pm at Environmental Works
OPEN HOUSE: ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS
Celebrate with Environmental Works Executive Director Jan K. Gleason FAIA on her elevation to the AIA College of Fellows, and take a fresh look at the organization honored by the AIA Seattle 2002 Allied Organization Award.

Celebration includes recognition of recent and former recipients of support from the AIA Seattle Student Support Fund for Diversity and the Denice Hunt K-12 Internship – programs funded by the AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable:

AIA Seattle Diverse Scholars:
2006: Ray Villanueva
2005: Yong Sun Lee
2004: Yamani Hernandez
2003: Maria Tran
2002: Alix Henry
2001: Maurice Diaz
2000: Natalia Echeverri
1999: Celeste Meneses

Denice Hunt K-12 Interns:
2005-06: Melanie Lyons
2004-05: Greg Squires
2003-04: Yamani Hernandez
2002-03: Kristin Kildall
2001-02: Craig Skipton

Special acknowledgment at the event to Diversity Roundtable co-founder David H. Fukui AIA, whose recent gift established the Mitsu and William O. Fukui Memorial Endowed Diversity Scholarship, and to MulvannyG2 Architecture, whose pledge endowed the MulvannyG2 Diversity Scholaship, both at UW CAUP.

Again this year, 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 color to serve as President of an AIA component).

Randy Everett, Marga Rose Hancock, and Mario Campos celebrate with AIA Seattle Diverse Scholar 06 Ray Villanueva (blue shirt) at UW CAUP event 5/06

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