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We are pleased to be celebrating over 50 years of fellowship.

Since 1973 the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals (OWA+DP) has been an active support network for the many women involved in architecture, building engineering, planning, landscape architecture, interior and graphic design, and related environmental design fields.

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Our Mission

The OWA+DP is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes women in design-related fields in all phases of their professional lives.  We seek to:
  • Improve the professional standing of women in architecture and design-related fields.
  • Promote networking opportunities among our members and related professional groups.
  • Provide support for women entrepreneurs and business owners in the design industry.
  • Advocate for young women and students entering design-related fields through mentoring, education, and employment opportunities.
  • Support women in creating a healthy balance between their professional and personal lives.

Upcoming events

    • 19 Sep 2024
    • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Zoom
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    Please join us for our Third Thursday Zoom Social, an informal gathering of members and guests to check-in, catch-up, and share news. 

    After registration, you should receive an email confirmation with a Zoom link.

    • 20 Sep 2024
    • 4:00 PM
    • 22 Sep 2024
    • 3:00 PM
    • Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma, CA
    Registration is closed


    Each year we get together at Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma for a 3-day retreat in the fall. Accommodations are shared rooms in rustic redwood cabins set among landscaped grounds including pool and hot tub. The towns of Sonoma and Glen Ellen are minutes away.  Join us for a weekend of conversation, fun, exercise, hiking, swimming, hot tub, massage, music, art, and delicious food. Give everybody a chance to know you better, develop closer ties with friends and colleagues, and return home inspired by new ideas from our group.

    Our 2024 retreat weekend includes a keynote on Artificial Intelligence by Pardis Mirmalek of ARTAA, legacy presentations by OWA+DP members, live Afro Cuban music with Patricia Thumas, a salsa dancing lesson with Luz Mena, a QiGong movement class, as well as a felt-flower art project.

    We have room for 50 guests for the weekend, but Saturday-only (no overnight) registrations are available as well.

    Accommodations include access to gardens, swimming pool, adobe dining hall, and shared bedrooms in rustic cabins which is all set in beautiful, Sonoma, wine country.  Financial assistance for scholarships is available for students and those in need.  We encourage participants to join OWA+DP.

     

    Contact retreat coordinator T. Rachel Slonicki at Little Elephant Architecture with questions or to request a scholarship. 

    If you need special accommodation in the only accessible cabin on site, the blue cabin, email or call Rachel at 510.704.0808.

    • 8 Oct 2024
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • AIA East Bay, 2150 Allston Way, Unit 310, Berkeley, CA 94704
    Register

    Please join us for our Annual Member Business Meeting!

    AGENDA: 

    5:30pm Dinner and refreshments 

    6:45pm Welcome and Call to Order

    6:00pm Officer elections 

    6:15pm Steering Committee elections

    6:30pm 2025 Budget approval

    7:00pm Fundraising and Vision 

    7:30pm Adjourn Annual Business Meeting

    We need a quorum to hold the meeting, so please attend! This will be a hybrid event, you can join us in-person or on Zoom Join Here! Meeting ID: 847 3296 4472 Passcode: 869082

    Thank you again to the AIA East Bay for hosting us at no cost. 




OWA+DP is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. 

PO Box 9478, Berkeley, CA 94709-9991


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