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Excited to Share | I Met Our 44th President, Barack Obama

Jul 6
2 min

Excited to Share | I Met Our 44th President, Barack Obama

I am excited to share that I was blessed with an incredible opportunity to meet President Barack Obama at the A'22 Conference in Chicago because I am the 2021 recipient of the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award. It was truly an honor to share this photo opportunity with one of my (s)hero's the 2020 Whitney M. Young Jr awardee, Gabrielle Bullock, FAIA, NOMAC, IIDA, LEED AP, Director of Global Diversity, Principal at Perkins and Will. Friday, June 24, 2022 will forever be Obama Day! Th

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pascalesablan

Jun 19
2 min

Excited to Share | Oprah Knows My Name!

I am excited to share that because of this incredible article written by House Beautiful, Oprah and her team featured me on the Oprah Daily website as apart of her FUTURERISING: Meet the Black trailblazers moving our world forward initiative. I highly recommend exploring this important page and meet these mentioned trailblazers. You will also be inspired by the forward from Oprah and world-renown director Lee Daniels. https://www.oprahdaily.com/interactive/a40229418/futureris

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Excited to Share | Exhibition Celebrating the African American Fellows of the AIA

pascalesablan

Jun 5
3 min

Excited to Share | Exhibition Celebrating the African American Fellows of the AIA

I am proud and excited to share that this month our 36th SAY IT LOUD Exhibition is opening at the Octagon Museum in Washington DC located at the AIA National Headquarters campus. All our exhibitions are incredibly important, but this exhibition is profound because not only do we feature women and BIPOC designers of Washington DC, but we are also displaying all 140 African American Fellows of the American Institute of Architects thanks to the support of the Architects Foundati

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Excited to Share | My AIA Documentary Was Officially Released

pascalesablan

Mar 20
2 min

Excited to Share | My AIA Documentary Was Officially Released

I am ecstatic to share that my AIA documentary was officially released that gives insight to me and my advocacy work. Both activism and architecture can change communities for the better. Because of your support I have made an impact in both areas—from opening pathways to help marginalized people enter architecture to designing and building schools in my family’s native country of Haiti. Although my expressive hands are doing the absolute most, I am really proud with the fina

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Excited to Share | I Was Officially Elevated to the AIA College of Fellows

pascalesablan

Dec 12, 2021
2 min

Excited to Share | I Was Officially Elevated to the AIA College of Fellows

On December 8, 2021 the 2020 and 2021 AIA College of Fellows had our investiture at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. According to the AIA Archivist, I am the youngest African American to receive this honor in the organizations 164 year legacy. Pascale Sablan on Stage receiving her recognition AIA Fellows are recognized with the AIA’s highest membership honor for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Architect

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Excited to Share | Six SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions in October are on Display

pascalesablan

Nov 7, 2021
3 min

Excited to Share | Six SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions in October are on Display

It's been a while since the last "excited to share," but I am ecstatic to share what we have been up to in 2021. In 2020 most of our planned physical exhibitions were postponed. The BBE team and local collaborators pivoted and hosted a series of virtual exhibitions and events in Nebraska, Montana, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, and North Carolina. This is why I am proud and excited to share that in the month of October we opened six in person SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions. SAY IT

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Excited to Share | Featured in Forbes!!!!

pascalesablan

Sep 27, 2020
1 min

Excited to Share | Featured in Forbes!!!!

I'm so excited I'm practically screaming with joy! Still celebrating the success of our SAY IT LOUD - NOW Global Exhibition and virtual gallery now featuring 416 diverse designers, I received amazing news last night. Yours truly is featured as a "Powerhouse Woman" in Forbes Publication!!!! “There is a difference between activism and advocacy. Activism is posters, marches, protests, getting everybody aware and informed, mobilizing, cultivating resources to draw attention on a

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Excited to Share | My Most Ambitious Initiative Yet!

pascalesablan

Aug 17, 2020
2 min

Excited to Share | My Most Ambitious Initiative Yet!

Shaken by blatant racism, the relentless weight of this world and the injustice that it supports I was re-inspired to move the mission forward, leveraging the work I've done over the past few years. Since our inception in January 2017, we have elevated and proclaimed the greatness of 250 diverse designers through our 15 SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions. The goal initially was to reach 500 featured designers in 5 years. The urgency for this content is NOW. As we discuss the books that

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pascalesablan

Apr 19, 2020
1 min

Excited to Share | I Was on the Radio

On Saturday February 22nd had the the honor of being a guest on the Jennifer Hammond Show, SiriusXM UrbanView, Ch 126. I spoke about advocacy and how I am fighting to make our profession and our world more equitable and just. I spoke at length, about National Organization of Minority Architects and the organization I founded Beyond the Built Environment. It played twice that day 7:03am and at 2:03pm EST. Admittedly I was a bit long winded in the way I answered the questions.

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Excited to Share | The NCARB Collaboration

pascalesablan

Feb 20, 2020
3 min

Excited to Share | The NCARB Collaboration

NCARB graciously invited me to write an article for Black History Month about BBE and our work. So I turned it into another opportunity to elevate some of our SAY IT LOUD Exhibitors and People's Choice Winners. Each of our 12 exhibitions are represented by a featured diverse designer(s). We featured their headshot, project and one of their answers to the submission questions. So incredibly proud to elevate them and to SAY IT LOUD once again! The article was featured in the up

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pascalesablan

Dec 31, 2019
3 min

Excited for the New Year

2019 contained many phenomenal personal blessings for me and my family! Things I've prayed for years, came true and I am so very grateful! For my advocacy efforts however, I've dubbed 2019, "The Year of the No's." Every award, grant, fellowship I applied for this year has returned with a "we regret to inform you" response. I started to think perhaps the work I've dedicated my focus, passion, and time was not work of importance. Then I took a step back, took a deep breath and

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Excited to Share | I Keynoted the 2019 AIA Grassroots

pascalesablan

Apr 21, 2019
2 min

Excited to Share | I Keynoted the 2019 AIA Grassroots

I hope you had a great time with your loved ones and had an amazing weekend. With overwhelming excitement I'm excited to share that I keynoted the 2019 AIA Grassroots in Washington DC. I moderated a panel with people i consider advocacy legends! Rick Archer, FAIA, LEEP, AP - Overland Partners, Haven for Hope Ryan Gravel, Founder at Sixpitch Hildegard Vasquez, Co-Founder & Head Architect, Hache Uve, S.A. San Felipe, Panama In this People with Purpose panel we discussed advocac

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Excited to Share | AIANY Board of Director + AIA National Strategic Planning Committee Appointments

pascalesablan

Feb 10, 2019
1 min

Excited to Share | AIANY Board of Director + AIA National Strategic Planning Committee Appointments

I hope you had a great time with your loved ones and had an amazing weekend. Excited to share that I am offering my voice and aspirations for our built environment to two very important groups. I am now a American Institute of Architects New York Board of Director and appointed to American Institute of Architects National Strategic Planning Committee Member. AIA New York Board of Director. Excited to collaborate with this diverse group of practitioners and allied professiona

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