Since 2021, the J.E.D.I. Committee has been compiling these articles, books, podcasts, and more that touch on the many topics related to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in design and the workplace.
Have you read or listened to something that especially moved you in this realm? Send your suggestions to us!
Letter from Birmingham Jail (by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., full text posted by the University of Pennsylvania)
1619 Podcast Series (The New York Times)
Accessibility
Accessible design is growing. Can it be beautiful? (The Washington Post)
Design for All requires a culture change in architecture (AIA.org)
Where Do We Go From Here? (99% Invisible)
Building Accessibility Into America, Literally (The New York Times)
Allyship
9 Things Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead Of Getting Defensive (Everyday Feminism)
Tips for Being an Ally Against Racism (PDF) (Dr. Shirley Davis)
Architecture
The Pursuit and Promise of Equity in Architecture (Architect)
How can we design for Black futures? (Greater Greater Washington)
Racism is built into U.S. cities. Here’s how architects can fight back. (Fast Company)
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation (The New York Times)
A Growing List of More Than 100 BIPOC Designers and Architects Just Started Circulating (Dwell)
Episode 10\\ Architecture and the Social Justice Narrative, Germane Barnes · Urblandia Podcast (Spotify)
Mónica Ponce de León on the Future of Architectural Licensure (Archinect)
Outrage: architectural spin (The Architectural Review)
Why Can’t the U.S. Decolonize Its Design Education? (AIGA)
Schools and Prisons (Agreggate)
E2. Dr. Mabel O. Wilson, Architect and Scholar. (The Institute of Black Imagination Podcast)
LAMCAST: Women of Color as Design Leaders (Landscape Architecture Magazine)
Social Inequality, As Seen From The Sky (ArchDaily)
Op-Ed: Architecture critics have a duty to interrogate inequality in the built environment (The Architect’s Newspaper)
Shaping the Equitable City (Blueprint for Better – AIA)
Excerpt: Justice from the Ground Up by Julie Bargmann (Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
Gender
Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has) (TED)
Design Voice Podcast: Conversations with women who shape the built environment (Design Voice)
A year of challenge, and opportunity, driving change for women architects (AIA)
The “Problem” Woman of Color in the Workplace (Center for Community Organizations – COCo)
E2. Dr. Mabel O. Wilson, Architect and Scholar. (The Institute of Black Imagination Podcast)
LAMCAST: Women of Color as Design Leaders (Landscape Architecture Magazine)
Health / Public Health and Safety
Where Do We Go From Here? (99% Invisible)
Housing
The Future of Affordable Housing (Architectural Record)
Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership (CODE SWITCH on NPR)
Shaping the Equitable City (Blueprint for Better – AIA)
Landscape Architecture
LAMCAST: Women of Color as Design Leaders (Landscape Architecture Magazine)
Excerpt: Justice from the Ground Up by Julie Bargmann (Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
Motherhood
America’s Mothers Are in Crisis (The New York Times)
A New Exhibition Makes Motherhood Visible Through Design (Metropolis)
Race
CODE SWITCH Podcast Series (NPR)
15 Architects on Being Black in Architecture (CULTURED Magazine)
Racism is built into U.S. cities. Here’s how architects can fight back. (Fast Company)
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation (The New York Times)
The “Problem” Woman of Color in the Workplace (Center for Community Organizations – COCo)
How Can Blackness Construct America? (The New York Times)
How can we design for Black futures? (Greater Greater Washington)
For Moody Nolan—the Largest Black-Owned Architectural Firm in the U.S.—Diversity Is Power (Architectural Digest)
Nice White Parents Episode 1: The Book of Statuses (The New York Times)
A Growing List of More Than 100 BIPOC Designers and Architects Just Started Circulating (Dwell)
The Myths That Undermine Racial Equity at Work (Harvard Business Review online)
E2. Dr. Mabel O. Wilson, Architect and Scholar. (The Institute of Black Imagination Podcast)
PBS Series Documents The History Of Asian Americans Over 150 Years (NPR)
Before Brown by Gary M. Lavergne
The History of Anti-Asian Sentiment in the U.S. (NPR)
LAMCAST: Women of Color as Design Leaders (Landscape Architecture Magazine)
Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different (The Atlantic)
Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership (CODE SWITCH on NPR)
We would also like to recommend this list of resources to support AAPI Communities, from Creative Capital.
Urbanism and Urban Design
How Relevant is New Urbanism in an Age of Climate Change, Racial Inequity, and Housing Scarcity?(Common Edge)
Social Inequality, As Seen From The Sky (ArchDaily)
Shaping the Equitable City (Blueprint for Better – AIA)
Excerpt: Justice from the Ground Up by Julie Bargmann (Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
Workplaces and Work Culture
Our Workplaces Think We’re Computers. We’re Not. (Podcast – The Ezra Klein Show)
A Growing List of More Than 100 BIPOC Designers and Architects Just Started Circulating (Dwell)
The Myths That Undermine Racial Equity at Work (Harvard Business Review online)
How Diversity and Inclusion Can Drive Team Performance (Workology)
IG Post: How to retain black talent in the workplace (@socialfixt)
Outrage: architectural spin (The Architectural Review)
Tomorrow’s world: nurturing young talent and voices (The Architectural Review)