The Architecture Lobby Seattle

Seattle chapter of @arch_lobby //
advocating for value and labor //
architects with good politics //
not just architects //
#endpatriarchitecture

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

We just got confirmation of what @BAmazonUnion organizers have been telling me for weeks now—Amazon *got the traffic lights outside their warehouse changed* to force traffic through more quickly (thereby depriving organizers of the opportunity to chat w workers about the union)

[King County Equity Now (Official) @KCEquityNow]

📢 ACTION ALERT: Stop WSHFC's anti-Black policies!

Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) is planning NOT to fund ANY affordable housing projects in Seattle in 2021. Read on to learn what this means for Black communities.

TAKE ACTION HERE https://t.co/oanWKAjCUi /1

[Affordable Talaris @Talaris4All]

Are you an architectural or design professional with a couple of hours to donate on January 31? Two wonderful folks, recent graduates, have come up with some site proposals for Talaris and we could use your critical thoughts!
https://t.co/fK2eoK9C1y
Message for password

[Calvin Jones @calvin_seattle]

Please take two clicks to ask your King County Councilmember to support individual housing units for our unhoused neighbors! It's what we always should be doing, but is especially important during the pandemic. https://t.co/MaT8L3G8xu

[Seattle Times Union ⛰ @SeaTimesUnion]

Some (very exciting) news: We, the digital journalists of @seattletimes, are unionizing.

[The Architecture Lobby @Arch_Lobby]

The Architecture Lobby officially endorses Senator @BernieSanders as the 2020 Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States.

As architectural workers, our labor is inherently political. Senator Sanders is a worker’s candidate.

Read it here: https://t.co/povHHJLDkT

[Catherine Hernández @hoodarchitect]

If you don’t know, becoming a LICENSED ARCHITECT is a lengthy process. After a 5year undergrad and possibly 2-3 year Grad degree there is a required amount of hours that need to be approved during your professional life in order to qualify to take the exam. See next tweet ..

[The Architecture Lobby Seattle @archlobbySEA]

Caging kids is caging kids.
Trump administration is somehow portrayed as uniquely terrible, and "progressive" cities get puff pieces about "soaring ceilings, light and open spaces, compelling artwork and an inviting, modern facility." 🤮
#nonewyouthjail #nnyj

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

“We needed this space,” said Chief King County Juvenile Court Judge Judith Ramseyer, who hosted a tour of the not-yet-occupied Children and Family Justice Center for media and officials on Wednesday. https://t.co/3ad8lMg07B

[Sean Flynn @duckbill52]

The Architecture Lobby: @Arch_Lobby
Statement on the Green New Deal:
https://t.co/haB0viJ9Nz
Chapters on Twitter:
@Arch_Lobby_NYC
@arch_lobby_chi
@archlobbySEA
@LobbyVic
@ArchLobbyPHL
@ArchLobbyUMich
@archlobbyPDX
And:
Boston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
New Orleans
At Large
etc

[The Architecture Lobby Seattle @archlobbySEA]

"Rather than pay tribute to the market, society should pay tribute to that which holds it together, socially and materially—its infrastructure—and translate that tribute into maintenance and care." https://t.co/ySPoEKMj3s

[The Architecture Lobby Seattle @archlobbySEA]

"nothing in that legislation was actually targeted toward helping individuals"-@CMTMosqueda
glad to hear we're not the only skeptical ones

[The Architecture Lobby @Arch_Lobby]

Dare to dream that architecture can and should be more than the “enoblement of empires”

Dare to question who holds power, why/how they hold power—who wins and who loses

[Ana María León @anamarialeon]

"And whoever claims that a technician, an architect, a doctor, an engineer, a scientist of any kind is to work with their instruments only in their specific discipline while their people die of hunger or kill each other in the struggle ..." 1/2

[Arch Lobby NYC @Arch_Lobby_NYC]

Neither are architects

[shawhin @dogbaz]

… the limitations of the discussion here raise critical questions the scope/jurisdiction of architects’ agency… https://t.co/xjP5wWRQil

[The Architecture Lobby Seattle @archlobbySEA]

Direct action can remove bloodstains from boards

[Rafael Shimunov 🍉 🕎 @rafaelshimunov]

VICTORY! Warren Kanders resigned from @whitneymuseum thank you to Whitney workers, artists, @decolonize_this, @hyperallergic @hragv @paolamendoza and the over 10,000 @ColorOfChange members who backed #WhitneyTearGas

https://t.co/8ToigsXSjZ

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Today I was asked why we should bother paying interns if they’re “getting experience for their résumé.”

Here’s what we have say about that:

[The Architecture Lobby @Arch_Lobby]

This has been relevant, but moreso since @AIANational's statement.

From our joint statement w/ @ADPSR_org: If the AIA is committed to this goal then it must actively work to divest the profession from the production of dehumanizing infrastructures.

https://t.co/dFVk2ifxz8

[Arch Lobby NYC @Arch_Lobby_NYC]

.@AIANational stmnt on detention cntrs proves they learned nothing since their debacled stmnt on Trump.
*VIOLATION OF BLDG CODES IS NOT THE PROBLEM
*OVERCROWDING IS NOT THE PROBLEM
*MISUSE OF BLDGS IS NOT THE PROBLEM

THE POLICIES ARE THE PROBLEM
#CloseTheCampsNow
#notmyAIA