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needed, in their own lives, professions, workplaces, and elected representatives.
• Better understand the importance of effective engagement and what it means, using sample material and references
provided.
• Consider and implement a more truly inclusive, equitable, and diverse approach and program of outreach and engagement
in their projects and programs.
• Use and develop criteria and tools for meaningful assessment of what affects all of those who use and experience schools.
• Better understand how issues of JEDI are perceived, are manifested in design, and how they can be used to improve design,
operations, community relations, and funding.
• Imagine a future where equity, diversity, and inclusion are integral parts of the learning environments – built and virtual.
This future would not just accommodate all, it would welcome them in ways suited to their individual needs – personal, cultural, learning-based, etc. These future JEDI-embodying environments would be the standard, not the exception. They would be created by designers habitually or intuitively. Students, educators, and others using these facilities would be supported as they need to be supported, from basic needs such as food, and learning opportunities based on their needs and interests, engaged as they wish to be engaged, and inspired – all with the aim of providing optimum learning experiences for all; where justice for all is not an aspiration, but reality.
Craig Atkinson, IBI Group
Craig leads IBI Group’s Southern California practice, with more than 27 years of experience with public projects in the educational and civic sectors, bringing extensive knowledge and ‘know how’ in community relations, project consensus building, design, planning, project delivery, and quality control. He has served on the Santa Barbara County, North County Board of Architectural Review, coached various sports including Special Olympics, and is currently lead of IBI Group’s firm-wide JEDI task force.
Christopher Locke, Designing in Color
Christopher is a Co-founder of Designing in Color, a collective of architects and designers of culture, and a designer at Egan Simon Architecture. DCo’s mission aims to diversify the way architecture is taught and practiced to amplify marginalized communities who’ve been historically silenced and erased throughout the design process. DCo facilitates educational programming, creates workshops, designs socially responsible projects, and distributes digital initiatives, each meant to dismantle the systemic racism built into the practice of architecture.
Tyler Monk, The Contingent
Tyler is program manager at The Contingent, a community non-profit addressing injustices and vulnerabilities, and founder of inspirational story-telling company, The Underdog Mentality. With a Degree in program management and leadership theory, he was Hudson’s Bay High School’s GEAR UP manager in Vancouver, Washington, and continues to focus on deeply engaging students, helping them find their voice and career internships. “You can love people without leading them, but you cannot lead people without loving them.”
Rebecca Stuecker, AIA, ALEP, IBI Group
Rebecca is an architect and learning environment planner with deep design sensibilities and technical skills. She is an Associate Principal in IBI Group’s Portland office, with a passion for designing functional 21st-century learning environments with broad stakeholder involvement, facilitating student, teacher, and community engagement, ensuring all voices are heard. Over two decades, she has developed a broad spectrum of skills including facility assessment, pre-design, planning, design, and construction of educational facilities.
Rob Pillar, ALEP, INSPIRE Learning Environment Planning
Rob is founder and leader of INSPIRE Learning Environment Planning. He has over three decades of experience in architectural firm leadership, and learning environment planning and design. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kent