OPEN ARCHITECTURE COLLABORATIVE, INC.
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Mission Statement
Open Architecture Collaborative, Inc. (OAC) is a global learning network mobilizing architects and designers with technical skills and knowledge to support communities experiencing systemic marginalization.
About This Cause
A California based 501(c)3, Open Architecture Collaborative, Inc. (OAC) serves as an intermediary on behalf of community driven interests for safer, more playful and environmentally friendly spaces and partners with institutions to direct funding to small scale placemaking projects that build community capacity and power. Globally, OAC volunteers provide pro-bono technical expertise. OAC educates designers and more privileged architects on the power of empathy, active listening, and collaborative healing to more accurately represent inclusive and just cities and buildings. OAC partners include Community Development Corporations, direct service nonprofits, municipalities, community associations, and other community driven committees who share our core values, of participation, trust, and openness. The volunteer chapter network, composed of 24 chapters and 2,000 active members, is the flagship program where we use our access into the professional fields to change the narrative of design from a profit driven industrial mindset to one of service, empowerment, and equity. Other activities include producing community driven design/build programs for anchor institutions and professional development trainings for practitioners with the intention of deepening their community practice.