EPArchitalk AIA New York State

Join Talisha Sainvil, AIA, as she sits down with Jonathan Marvel, FAIA. In addition to being the Founding Principal of MARVEL, Jonathan is the co-founder of two non-profits, born out of the increase in natural disasters affecting his homeland of Puerto Rico. Marvel’s organizations are using his background in architecture to aid Puerto Rico in becoming more resilient. Marvel discusses how he found architecture and how he is using his passion to give back to the community.  
 
https://resilientpowerpr.org/
https://protechos.org/

In alignment with July’s Visibility Campaign, Community is Strength, Talisha interviewed Baxter Hankin, graduate student of real estate development at NYU, originally from Connecticut. He received a degree in architecture from Syracuse University in 2020 and worked at Robert A. M. Stern Architects. Given his time spent in Syracuse, Baxter has long been considering what it would take to prepare potential climate receiver places for the future. This prompted him to found the Climate Receiver Places Project at PLACE Initiative, where he both manages this project and serves on PLACE Initiative's board. 
PLACE Initiative is focused on the role that place plays in climate change and equity. This youth-led group builds upon years of collaboration, ideation, and action from a diverse cross section of place-focused professionals. Electric cars and renewable energy alone will not be sufficient to meet our 2050 climate goals, and we believe that urbanism is the missing link. Neither can our climate goals be achieved when much of our society is held down by racial and social injustice. With the climate and social crises accelerating, the impact that urban growth and development policy plays on our planet’s and society’s future must be addressed. PLACE Initiative hopes to motivate a new generation that deeply believes climate and social solutions can wait no longer.

https://placeinitiative.org/

In honor of National Volunteer Month, Talisha sits down with Sarah Bruce, AIA, who transitioned from a traditional role in architecture into an alternate career path after having done volunteer work with Syracuse Habitat for Humanity. 

Three architectural scholars and practitioners are working to bring the hidden stories of women in architecture to life. They will share the challenges they faced writing biographies of women architects because of how they were marginalized in the profession for decades.

Kelly Hayes McAlonie, FAIA
Architect and Director of Campus Planning at the University at Buffalo

Lori Brown, FAIA
Professor and Director of Diversity, Equity + Inclusion, 
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Despina Stratigakos
Architectural Historian at  the University at Buffalo and Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence


Trailblazing Women of WNY project : https://trailblazingwomenwny.org 

We're closing out Black History Month celebrating the leadership of two of New York's strong Black voices.

Talisha is joined this month by Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and Allison Lane, AIA.

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is the Assemblymember and State Committee Woman / District Leader for New York State’s 42nd Assembly District representing Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood and Ditmas Park in Brooklyn.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is the first Haitian American woman elected in New York City and the first woman to chair the Majority County Party in Brooklyn.

Allison Lane, AIA, ASID, NOMA is a Project Manager and Architect at AECOM Buildings and Places in Manhattan. She is a licensed architect with a background in architecture, interior design and real estate development. 

With a commitment to designing for the wellness of humanity and promoting inclusive design opportunities for diverse individuals and projects, Allison is actively engaged in many equity and inclusion efforts at AECOM and various industry organizations.

She currently serves as the President-Elect of nycobaNOMA.

In Honor of Women's History Month, Talisha, a Superwoman of Architecture herself sits down with Graciela Carillo, AIA and Sara Jazayeri, AIA, both leaders in their industry and within the AIA.

Find Graciela:
LinkedIn         
Instagram:  @gracecol
Facebook                    
Twitter:  @gracecolny
PowerfulSpeeches      https://www.powerfulspeecheswia.com
Immigrant Coalition     https://www.immigrantarchitects.org