The built environment carries the fingerprints of everyone who fought to belong. June, which is home to Juneteenth and Pride, is an opportunity to celebrate the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities who’ve shaped global culture, discourse, and design.

The resources below explore that legacy through history, scholarship, and the organizations who continue the work.

Juneteenth

• Attend
  • 12 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in NYC
  • Juneteenth NYC 2026
• Connect
  • Directories of Diverse Architects and Designers
  • National Organization of Minority Architects
  • New York Coalition of Black Architects
  • Black Artists + Designers Guild
• Learn
• • Black Architects Archive
  • Design As Protest – Anti-Racism Design Resources List
  • Race, Space & Architecture

Pride Month

• Attend
  • AIANY – Touch the Rainbow: A Pride Gathering – 06/23 from 6-8pm
  • Build Out Alliance – New York City: Pride Party– 06/25 at 6-9pm
• Connect
  • AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance
  • APA LGBTQ and Planning Division
  • Build Out Alliance
  • PRIDExASLA
• Learn
  • New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission – Pride: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Landmarks
  • NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project
  • Village Preservation – LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Join the Fight to Preserve History