ABC School Opening Plenary – have fun, be in community, build something together

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ABC School Opening Plenary – have fun, be in community, build something together

This event is being held at two different times to accommodate participants across the globe.

RSVP — Friday September 15 at 11:00 AM EST

RSVP — Saturday September 16 at 1:00 PM EST

The Opening sessions for the ABC School will cover administration and logistics, introduce the team, schedule and contributors and talk a little bit about what was behind this year’s school. We will also launch the ABC Hub – inviting participants to set up profiles and contribute to this growing community resource.

ABC 2023 centers on the theme of Future Belonging – so we hope these sessions will start imagining how we might belong to people and place, ways to gather, and how to have fun while organizing for meaningful change. The opening plenary will be active and participatory and open up a space to meet others and share thoughts, ideas and resources.

We are hosting two opening events this year to capture a multitude of timezones. You are more than welcome to attend both to meet more people, however the content will be largely the same.

This event is part of our Just show up! ABC event series, where the pressure is low, the people are friendly, and the space is made for low-key gathering and idea sharing.

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Our Manifesto

Build worker power and collective agency through unions and cooperatives.
A living wage, benefits, job security, and wage transparency across the discipline.
No more free labor; no unpaid internships, unpaid overtime, or unpaid competitions.
Center the importance of labor in our understanding of architecture. Architecture is work!
Stop peddling buildings as products. Demand compensation based on the value and impact our work creates.
End oppression based on gender within and enabled by the discipline.
Confront the complicity of architecture in racism. Confront racism in our workplaces.
Design for the full spectrum of human life. Universal design is not an afterthought.
Challenge the concept of licensure. Expand the right to practice.
Celebrate the collective process of producing architecture. Demystify architecture as the work of a solo creative genius.
Climate justice as the basis of all architectural work. There can be no sustainable future without sustainable labor practices.
Fight for democratic alternatives to the capitalist system of development.

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