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pascalesablan
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Excited to Share - Part of the Adjaye Associates Team
It's official! This week I became a part of the Adjaye Associates Team. In my new role, I'll be both an Architect and an Advocate. As an Associate in the New York office, I will be running projects as well as work with the senior team on project management, business development, and supporting diversity and advocacy work. To have the ability to hold both parts of my identity while working on world impacting projects that push for design justice is a dream come true! For those
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pascalesablan
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Excited to SHOUT - I am the 2021 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Recipient
SHOUTING with all the joy embodied in my soul, that yesterday it was announced that I am the 2021 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Recipient which comes with an elevation to the AIA College of Fellows. I am honored, humbled, and excited to share! Named for civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr., this award distinguishes an architect or architectural organization that embodies social responsibility and actively addresses a relevant issue, such as affordable housing, inclusiveness,
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pascalesablan
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
Excited to Share - Voted President-Elect of NOMA
Extremely proud to share that during the NOMA 48th National Conference, I was voted to be President-Elect to support Jason E. Pugh during his presidency. In this role I will have the honor of getting to know the various NOMA chapters and engaging members to understand the support they need to continue their great work. It was an honor to serve as Northeast Regional Vice President and supporting the 7 chapters under my jurisdiction. Leveraging the leadership and success of P
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pascalesablan
- Sep 28, 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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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 20, 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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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
- Jan 1, 2020
- 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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pascalesablan
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
Excited to Share | The Mary Louis Academy Commencement Address
Now that the official photos are in.......... Excited to share that in June of this year I had the honor of giving the commencement address of the Mary Louis Academy graduation at the Colden Auditorium, Queens College. I am the first African American to give this speech in the schools 83 year history. Here is the speech:
To the Mary Louis Academy Graduates, Faculty and Family, Good Morning and congratulations to the class of 2019.
It is an honor to speak before you today. Tim
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pascalesablan
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min
Excited to Share | Three SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions in November are on Display
3 Months ago I shared that I was planning 3 exhibitions for November 2019. Truthfully in disbelief i'm over the moon to share that we at Beyond the Built Environment with the support of local organizations has successfully exhibited all 3 SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Illinois. Each exhibition is unique and elevates the identities and contributions of women and diverse designers of that state! SIL-Pennsylvania 20 Featured diverse designers of Pennsylvan
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pascalesablan
- Aug 17, 2019
- 2 min
Excited to Share | Allied Media Sponsored Project
I'm truly proud and grateful to share that my organization Beyond the Built Environment was selected to be an Allied Media Sponsored Project. This organizations supports initiatives that leverage art, media, and technology to work towards social change. It is a great network of passionate advocates actively working towards change and it is an honor to be featured among them. This organization also allow donors to financially support all of our initiatives SAY IT LOUD, SEE IT
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pascalesablan
- Aug 4, 2019
- 2 min
Excited to Share | Three SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions in November
I'm truly proud to share that we at Beyond the Built Environment are organizing 3 exhibitions in November 2019. Beyond the Built Environment, elevates the identities and contributions of women and diverse designers in the field of architecture through exhibitions, curated lectures, and documentaries that testify to the provided value of their built work and its spatial impact. The exhibition's quality depends on the content that is submitted. I'm sincerely asking for your hel
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pascalesablan
- Jul 1, 2019
- 1 min
Excited to Share | Cleveland Foundation Headquarters
I'm truly proud to share our collaborations with The Cleveland Foundation to design their headquarters. As a mission based organization they expressed that during their selection process it was important for them to find a mission focused Architectural team to lead the effort. The foundation has launched a design and planning phase to envision a headquarters that harmonizes with the community –– and embodies a place-based mission that launched a global philanthropic movement
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pascalesablan
- May 14, 2019
- 1 min
Excited to Share | SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions are Now International
I'm ecstatic to share that our SAY IT LOUD - New York exhibit has been spotted all over the world. So far we received images from Bujumbura, Geneva, Harare, Lagos, Lome, Nairobi, New Delhi, Minsk and Yaounde!!! Last year we had our SAY IT LOUD - United Nations in the New York Campus where it was seen by thousands of world leaders. The purpose of the exhibition was to raise the visibility of women and diverse designers of New York to the built environment. After my speech, the
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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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pascalesablan
- Feb 24, 2019
- 2 min
Excited to Share | SAY IT LOUD - SXSW Exhibitors Announcement
I hope you had a great time with your loved ones and had an amazing weekend. With overwhelming excitement the Beyond the Built Environment team and I are proud to present the SAY IT LOUD - SXSW Featured Diverse Designers! Their work will be on display in Austin during the SXSW conference on March 10-13th & at the AIA Austin Gallery on March 12th. Gabrielle Bullock
Chris Cornelius
Courtney Ferris
Daimian Hines
Dawveed Scully
Drake Dillard
Elizabeth Kennedy
Gregory William
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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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pascalesablan
- Dec 30, 2018
- 1 min
Excited to Share | NOMA National Vimeo Page
Happy New Year! I hope you are enjoying your time with your loved ones. As we look forward to 2019 I am very proud to share that one of my initiatives as Historian was to create and curate the NOMA National Vimeo Page filled with lectures and testimonials of minority architects, designers, engineers and planners. This effort is to push forward the mission of elevating their visibility and their contributions to the built environment. To date we have 35 videos and over 850 vie
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pascalesablan
- Dec 3, 2018
- 1 min
Excited to Share | SAY IT LOUD - SXSW Exhibition
I am very proud to share that SAY IT LOUD was selected to be exhibited at the prestigious South X Southwest (SXSW) on March 8-17, 2019 in Austin TX. The goal is to get a worldwide cross section of the talents and contributions of minority and women architects to the built environment. Therefore I've launched an application for designers to win a chance to be one of the few exhibited in SAY IT LOUD - SXSW where there is an expected crowd of 75,000 attendees. SAY IT LOUD has b
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