Grassroots 2021 is AIA’s premier chapter leadership training event. Join us virtually for four days of keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking designed to help you become better chapter and civic leaders. You’ll learn how to stimulate change in your chapter, firm, and community and advocate for AIA’s legislative agenda with Members of Congress. Our theme, “Bring It Home,” will address critical issues facing the architecture profession, including COVID-19, racial injustice, and climate change.
Agenda
Speakers
February 17 & 19
Dan Roam
Author & management consultant
Dan Roam is the author of the several books, including the international bestseller The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures, which was named the innovation and creativity book of the year by Fast Company, Businessweek, and the Times of London. Roam is the founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., a management-consulting firm that uses visual thinking to solve complex problems. His analysis of American health care on 50 napkins was hailed by Businessweek as "The World's Greatest Presentation of 2009" and prompted the White House Office of Communications to invite Dan in for discussions on how to visually clarify complex policy issues.
February 17
Stacey Abrams
Political leader, nonprofit CEO, author, & serial entrepreneur
Stacey Abrams made history and captured the nation's attention as the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in any state, going on to win more votes than any other Democrat in Georgia's history. After 11 years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as minority leader, Abrams became the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia. Her book, Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change, is a New York Times bestseller that serves as a powerful guide on how to harness the strengths of being an outsider and use them for success.
February 18
Katharine Hayhoe
Atmospheric scientist, director of the Texas Tech University Climate Center, & CEO
Katharine Hayhoe has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications. She also co-authored some reports for the US Global Change Research Program, as well as some National Academy of Sciences reports, including the 3rd National Climate Assessment. In addition to her research on climate change, Hayhoe is known for her communication around climate change and her advocacy efforts around climate action. In 2014, Hayhoe served as a science advisor to the documentary TV series Years of Living Dangerously, an Emmy Award-winning Showtime series that details how climate change has already impacted lives around the world.