How do we collaborate as a Chapter?

  • Virtual Monthly Meetings

    Since this chapter started in the Pandemic we’ve been hosting Zoom Meetings for members to connect and non-members to learn more.

    These meetings allow time for committees to share updates, and convene in a safe space with a screen filled with other POC faces.

    Find the Zoom link in our IG Bio or email to be added to the Calendar Invite.

  • Staying in the Loop

    Our Slack channel is one of our most popular forms of staying up to date whether you’re part of a committee group or just want to tune into job opportunities, local events.

    We’re typically active on Instagram/ Facebook the most: comments & DMs welcome.

  • In Person + Virtual Events

    Thanks to the help of local firms opening their doors, we’ve been able to hold space for happy hours and other in person networking opportunities. You can also find members attending Architecture student reviews at PSU & U of O.

    We’ve also done collaboration webinars, virtual meetings with other nonprofits and organizations.

Join Us at the Monthly Member Meeting

 Previous Events + Zoom Recordings

To stay up to date on our current events check out our social media links:

Instagram & Linked In are the most reliable ways to stay in the loop.

Coffee Talk
May
28

Coffee Talk

We are excited to invite you to our second ever Coffee Talk, where we create a space to chat about challenging topics. In May we are talking about AREs and other NCARB challenges! We hope that you can use this pace to gripe/vent, celebrate, find resources and potential study buddies, learn from each other and share your experiences with NCARB and testing so that we can better diversify the architecture profession! 

This chat is open to folks who are curious about testing, midway, or finished! We know that you all have different info to share and questions to ask. 

Joel will facilitate this conversation. If you have particular questions/topics you'd like to address during the session, please email Joel

We are happy to be hosted by L'Atelier Yaffe on MLK. Parking can be difficult in this area but there is a Biketown hub across the street and transit access.

You can purchase your own snacks, drinks, and dinner while here. Menu here: https://www.atelieryaffe.com/menu

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Money Lessons 101
Apr
25

Money Lessons 101

Happy Financial Literacy Month!

Join us and our cohost: Cecilia Gutierrez our local money expert, she's a 1st gen corporate professional in her Mexican American family. She's a PSU alumni who studied Finance, and has 7 years of professional experience advising individuals on their financial portfolios.

In this event we'll go over the fundamentals of financial literacy so attendees can leave with a pocket knife worth of information on how to navigate the adult world. All welcome. 

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Afroecology @ Black Futures Farm
Apr
22

Afroecology @ Black Futures Farm

Join us for our second Afro Ecology Earth Day Community Gathering in partnership with Imagine Black on Sunday, April 21, 2024, from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM at Black Futures Farm!

We invite you to gather with us at Black Futures Farm, a space that honors and celebrates Black culture, knowledge, and experiences. This Black-only event will allow us to explore our Afro-Ecology framework and envision a future rooted in our ancestral memories and traditions and promoting a thriving and sustainable community.

During the gathering, we will also contribute to the farm’s preparations for an abundant growing season while nurturing ourselves and the environment.

Lunch will be provided at no cost. Please bring a vessel for water and liquids.

Feel free to share the registration link with your Black friends and family, and let us know if you have any accessibility needs.

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Member Meeting
Mar
18

Member Meeting

GET YOUR EVENTBRITE TICKET HERE - to help us plan for food & drinks

Hosted both IN-PERSON (Eventbrite link coming) at Hennebery Eddy and ZOOM (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84482145640). 

IF YOU WANT TO COME IN PERSON - register with the Eventbrite link that will be emailed to you soon! We need NAMES this for so you can get in the building! And a headcount so HEA can provide enough snacks and bevs!

IF JOIN VIA ZOOM between 4:30-5, you will get to chat with the other remote attendees while the people in the room get settled and catch up, too.

We would love to have you as a member! And your friends and NOMAS members! Bring other people to this one to get them interested! Don't forget to re-up your membership! We will NOT add non-renewed member emails to the Google Calendar invites starting next meeting. https://membership.noma.net/

We look forward to catching up with you soon.



ZOOM DETAILS:

Topic: NOMA PDX's MMM (March Member Meeting)
Time: Mar 18, 2024 04:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84482145640

Meeting ID: 844 8214 5640

IN PERSON DETAILS:

To get here by public transit there is the 15 bus Line that stops in front of the Pittock Building (921 SW Washington St). We are also located 2-3 blocks away from many other bus and Max lines. The building is also surrounded by metered street parking. We’ll send more details on how to get into the office (we are in Suite 250) since the building lobby is currently going through renovations at the lobby and might need to have a list of guests. 

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Coffee Talk: Part II
Jan
12

Coffee Talk: Part II

The conversation continues in Part II this Friday!

In Part I of the soft launch of our coffee talk, we had a moving conversation with a small group of NOMA members and friends including Palestinian Americans and a Jew at the end of December about how NOMA PDX can be great Allie’s to Palestinians in this absolutely devastating time.

Reach out to engage and get active with us on zoom this week!

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Oregon Design Conference
Jun
1
to Jun 3

Oregon Design Conference

Architecture sets the stage for the storytelling of our lives. The foundation, the structure of our community lives in and around the physical form. We want to know - how do we expand understanding of the links in the built environment affecting practice and outcomes for clients through case studies and presentations of creative solutions to our pressing issues:

  • Climate / Resilience / Forest Fires / Materials

  • Houselessness

  • Connecting Urban / Rural spaces and context

  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Architectural Practice

  • Pipeline Development

Your conference planning committee is working very hard to select a great speaker line up and we are hoping for great attendance. Make sure you don't miss it!

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Meeting of the Mentors
Apr
7

Meeting of the Mentors

Energy Trust of Oregon is working with AIA Oregon, NOMA PDX, NSBE Pro-PDX and ULI Northwest to co-host the second annual ‘Meeting of the Mentors’ event. Energy Trust seeks to promote career development in the field of net zero building design and construction by connecting emerging and established professionals working in this rapidly changing industry.

 The 90-minute event will begin with overviews from each organization about mentorship, internship or leadership opportunities and upcoming events of interest. The last hour will be dedicated to networking in facilitated networking breakout sessions.

Zoom Link Here

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Call to Action Firm Leader Roundtable
Mar
22

Call to Action Firm Leader Roundtable

We have made the decision locally to move forward with the NOMA NW Call to Action for our chapter because we can’t wait any longer. This Call to Action means nothing if we don’t have firms sign on to achieve the goals included within it.

Please consider joining us for this important discussion on how we can create something that works for local firms and aggressively attends to the important JEDI work ahead of us. We would like to have one representative from each firm, so if you are not able to join us, please pass this onto a decision-maker in your firm so that we can hear your perspective.

Zoom Link Here

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