August 13, 2026

This month’s dispatch is in: new committees, a documentary countdown, and a lot to organize around. Read the full thing here, and subscribe if you haven’t yet!

Highlights

• Meet the 2026/2027 Committees: a new Admin, Strategy, and Board slate takes the reins this year, with fresh priorities on deck, including a bi-monthly public forum series on Alternative Practice.
• AWI fires back: after a management-side op-ed made the rounds, Architectural Workers International (TAL + AWU) published a sharp rebuttal in The Architect’s Newspaper, rejecting the cynicism-or-resignation frame and staking out a labor-led alternative.
• The fight against ICE facilities, building by building: No Stamps For Camps keeps digging into warehouse-to-detention conversions nationwide. Track the research on the Substack.
• Five years in the making: Our documentary, Architecture Workers: Organizing For Change, is almost here. If you can get us a screening slot at your school, firm, or chapter, email strategy@architecture-lobby.org.
• Save the date, sort of: a national Members Congress is coming in 2027, travel and lodging support included. Details to follow.