NOMAS
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
P.O. Box 19108
Arlington, TX 76019
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2007-2008 OFFICERS:
PRESIDENT ELECT:
Stephanie Fenniri
srf4799@exchange.uta.edu
VICE PRESIDENT:
Edward Avila
eavila@uta.edu
SECRETARY:
Ellen Ranit
eranit@uta.edu
TREASURER:
Whitney Hansen
wjh6167@exchange.uta.edu
UNIVERSITY LIAISON, SOUTH
Antoine Bryant, NOMA, Assoc. AIA
southwestliaison@noma.net
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National Organization of Minority Architecture Students is the student counterpart of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA).
Mission
NOMAS, which thrives only when voluntary members contribute their time and resources, has as its mission the building of a strong national organization, strong chapters and strong members for the purpose of minimizing the effect of racism in our profession.
Strength in NOMAS is built through unity in the cause that created the organization. Our impact is felt when our organization wrestles with the dilemmas that face this nation, particularly as they affect our profession. There is strength in numbers. By increasing the number of people in this organization, we add strength to the voice with which we can speak against apathy, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance; against abuse of the natural environment; and for the un-empowered, the marginalized and the disenfranchised.
By building a strong organization, we develop a showcase for the excellence and creativitywhich have ignored for so long. Through our publications and conferences, we are ableto inform the world that minority professionals have the talent and capabilities to perform in design and construction with any other group.
By building strong chapters of design professionals whose sensibilities and interests include promotion of urban communities, we are able to respond to the concerns that affect marginalized communities and people. Our goals are to increase the level of participation in the social, political and economic benefits afforded the citizens of this nation and to tear down the barriers that make full participation unattainable. Chapters give members a base from which to be involved in politics, to visit schools and reach out to children, to conduct community and civic forums and to responsibly practice in our professional capacities.
We build membership one professional at a time. NOMAS is actively involved in the advancement of minority professionals, from job placement help for college students to aiding member firms in securing contracts.
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