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Mickey speaks with Marci Reed, Executive Director, Architects Foundation at The American Institute of Architects about the organization\\u2019s focus on empowering a diverse, next-generation of architects. Among the topics we cover:

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• Architecture is a profession held in high regard, although it\\u2019s mysterious to people who aren\\u2019t exposed to it either as a possible career, or as a client (think Seinfeld\\u2019s Art Vandelay).
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• The nature of design thinking makes architects natural problem solvers \\u2013 which can lend itself to social impact solutions through well designed buildings and communities \\u2013 which is also the reason the profession needs to be diverse \\u2013 so all voices are on both sides of the table.
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• Architectural education is rigorous and expensive \\u2013 architecture students who take out loans generally graduate with 25% more debt than the national average student loan debt.
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• In 1968 Whitney Young challenged the profession to become more diverse; we have made some strides but it\\u2019s not enough. (https://www.50yearsafterwhitneyyoung.org/)
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• We lost a generation of architects in the 2008 downturn; we could be facing a similar situation depending on how COVID plays out (architects can\\u2019t take their tests for licensure as testing centers have been closed).
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