Paprika? : In the Pit #5 with Sangji Han & Christina Zhang
In the wake of the I.C.E. order, Paprika? invited several students to speak with one another about immigration and BIPOC/international student experience at Yale. Due to the length and critical importance of each of these conversations, we decided to release each conversation separately over the last week. To wrap up this 3-part series, we have Sangji Han (M.Arch I, 2022) and Christina Zhang (B.A., 2017 & M.Arch I, 2022), who spoke on their time in the United States in both academia and in the profession as international students. If you haven't checked out the past conversations in this series, click the link below to find our other episodes!
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NOMAS: The Visibility Project
The Visibility Project is an initiative by concerned students and alumni of the Yale School of Architecture to analyze the deeply entrenched prejudices and biases that exist within architectural institutions, beginning with our own.
This research encourages a deeper understanding of how race, ethnicity, gender, and class impact learning at our school. We aim to make visible the embodied experience of students in their own words. In attempting to quantify incidents of prejudice, discrimination, or preferential treatment, we seek to understand our behavior not as individual acts but as part of a system.
By highlighting inequities in our learning environment, we hope the Visibility Project will help promote introspection, create actionable goals, and facilitate the continuing dialogue between the administration and the students. Our efforts to engage with these inequalities will help us produce an honest reflection of where the school is and where we could be.
Please SUPPORT The Visibility Project by donating to EID + NOMAS
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Final Report on YSOA BLM Fundraiser
Last week, Ink & Vellum reported their final totals for the YSoA BLM Fundraiser. All together, the students, alumni, faculty, and friends of Yale School of Architecture came together to raise $13,700 for CT Bail Fund, NAACP LDF, CT Core, and Reclaim the Block. In addition, thanks to several generous corporate match donations, the grand total of raised funds was $50,450. Click through the link below to view the full letter and donation breakdown from Ink & Vellum.
To My Colleagues at SOM: Goodbye and Thank You
Yang Li (M.Arch I 2015, Princeton University School of Architecture) was among several staff members who were furloughed or laid off by SOM New York during the pandemic. While Li is not necessarily a member of the YSoA community, we decided to publish this letter for its particular relevance in this moment and its potential interest to our readers. Amidst the ongoing pandemic and student/alumni efforts to address inequality and administrative transparency in our home institution, we felt that Li's experiences help expand this conversation by reflecting the structural inequities and challenges that continue to play out against minorities and international workers in professional practice.
It is our hope that publishing this letter here will not only raise the visibility of the concerns described by Li, but also demonstrate to our own readers who may be going through similar experiences as the author that they are not alone. Click through below to read his letter and some author's notes on the conditions that led to its writing.
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