Below are summarized calls to action from the TAL September newsletter. For full details and context, read the full newsletter on Substack.
Join the Anti-Carceral Campaign
TAL is launching a campaign to mobilize architectural workers against the prison industrial complex, ICE, and carceral architecture. We’re building capacity to refuse carceral projects, pressure firms and professional organizations to reject this work, and support alternatives.
Train your Skills to Win
TAL members are forming a cohort for UC Berkeley’s Skills to Win training (six sessions, Oct–Nov 2025). Cost: $75.
Write with Us
Interested in architecture and writing? Join TAL member Martin Weiner’s informal group for aspiring architect-writers.
Take TAL Toronto Surveys
Caregivers Survey
Open to all architectural workers. Share your experiences balancing caregiving responsibilities with restrictive firm cultures and workplace policies. TAL-TO will use responses to spark discussion and publish a zine for caregivers.
Workplace Transparency Survey
For architectural/design workers in Canada (especially Toronto). Contribute to an anonymous dataset on workplace conditions to strengthen solidarity and advocacy in Canadian offices.
Stay Connected
→ Join or renew your TAL membership (Stripe portal launching soon)
→ Subscribe to the TAL newsletter
→ Read with us: Skyscraper Jails by Jarrod Shanahan & Zhandarka Kurti
