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The American Institute of Architects is launching a new program to promote ethnically diverse women to leadership positions within the association, the group announced.

"We are fully committed to addressing racial inequality within our profession and recognize that it must begin within our own organization," AIA Board Chair Jane Frederick said in a Sept. 3 statement. "By increasing the participation of ethnically diverse women architects in local and national positions of leadership within the AIA, we are creating aspirational role models for others to follow. These leaders are essential to facilitating the critical change the profession needs."



The new program, Next2Lead, will provide leadership and experiential education, mentoring and experiences for 16 AIA members who have a minimum of five years of experience in the architecture field. The program will include individual and group projects as well as conferences. According to AIA, ethnically diverse women make up only 5% of the total membership and 0.4% of the entire profession in the U.S.

AIA has called for proposals from consultants to help curriculum design, development, instruction, facilitation, communications, assessment and evaluation. Responses to the request for proposal will be accepted through Oct 15.

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