2022 Donation Brief

NOMA of Central TX has crafted a robust vision and goals for 2022. We welcome all of our industry partners and networks to join us in the spirit of excellence. Below you will find descriptions of our major initiatives and sponsorship opportunities. Please support our efforts to realize our goals and to make a positive impact on our region and the communities that exist within by engaging with us and giving in all forms to our ongoing efforts for 2021 and beyond. We need you!

1. Advocacy Day

NOMA Central TX encourages every member to use their voice to advocate for the role of design in creating equitable spaces. We will set aside a day each year to advocate on behalf of design and the built environment at our local city council meetings and or at the TX State Capitol. We will speak on behalf of NOMA Central TX, and educate our elected officials on the issues at the heart of our organization and emphasize how they apply to community building, place supporting, and placemaking.

2. Architecture/Construction Industry Resource Directory

The Resource Directory will be a central catalog of information where industry partners, potential clients, and potential employers can all search for a professional in the architecture and construction industry who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color. This resource directory will extend beyond Architecture and is meant to identify contractors, subcontractors, consultants, interior designers, product representatives, and architects. The cataloging of these industry professionals will also serve to empower members within the directory to form a sense of community while also supporting one another through industry channels.

3. Empower Speaker Series

The Empower Speaker Series is a twice-yearly event that centers on amplifying the voices of our NOMA members and under-represented professionals who exemplify thoughtful design and advocacy within the field of architecture, construction, and design. This series expands on our members' experience in the field of architecture, their contributions to design, and how they have advocated for a better built environment in the process.

4. Project Pipeline

Project Pipeline is a NOMA National initiative to educate young students on the impact of design and advocacy within the field of architecture. Project Pipeline is set up as an annual camp with the flexibility to occur as a week-long camp or even after-school activity for students to participate and learn about the fundamentals of architecture. The program is meant to usher in a new generation of students who exemplify the growing demographic of our BIPOC community in an underrepresented field of architecture. Throughout the camp, students will learn the basic contributors to architecture as a built form and the impact societally that buildings have on the social environment of its neighborhood.

5. Housing Education

NOMA of Central Texas will host Curated discussions on Housing issues in Central Texas - continuing our examination and education on housing and its affordability for industry professionals and our regional community. The impacts to the built environment, local policy, and to our own BIPOC communities. Panel discussions and seminars led by experts in policy, architecture, and urban design will moderate our discussions and lead audience Q&A.

6. A.R.E Support Initiatives

In 2020 NCARB revealed that only twenty-two percent of licensed Architects in the United States identified as a racial minority. Of that twenty-two percent, only two percent identified as Black/African American. NOMA of Central Texas will develop robust support initiatives to continue to strengthen the pipeline of credentialed Black and Minority Architects in our region. This will include study guides, subscriptions to course prep services, study groups to help applicants prepare and hold each other accountable, as well as A.R.E. Scholarships.