LGBTQ+ Professionals in the Built Environment x Capability Pink

Let’s celebrate Pride within Philadelphia’s landscape architecture, architecture, and planning professions! Join us for an evening of community, networking, and a uniquely fabulous performance.

This year, we are thrilled to team up with GALLERY Land Collective for a special presentation of Capability Pink Designs A Pleasure Garden With You! by Jeff Joseph Katz—a brilliant drag performance turned landscape architecture lecture.

When & Where

• Date: Friday, June 26th

• Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

• Location: GALLERY Land Collective

• Cost: Free (RSVP here)

Schedule of Events

• 6:00 PM | Doors Open

• 6:30 PM | Capability Pink Performance (Ticketed – Limited Capacity!)

• 7:30 PM | Pride Happy Hour (Open to All)

Tickets for the drag performance are limited and will go fast. Can’t make the performance? No worries! You are warmly invited to join us at 7:30 PM for the open happy hour and networking event.

Who Is This For?

This event is open to all LGBTQ+ individuals and allies working across the built environment—including landscape architects, architects, urban planners, and allied professionals. Bring your friends and colleagues!

Thanks to Our Sponsors

We extend a huge thank you to our incredible partners for their continued support and who helped make this evening possible:

• PA-DE ASLA | APA PA Southeast | AIA Philadelphia

• Land Collective | WRT | OLIN

RSVP NOW

Click through for the full job listing and application instructions.

Levittown, PA, at nearly 75 years old, continues to be a model for modern suburban
development, with a mixed and complex legacy: innovative urban design and planning,
new technology and production, affordable housing, systemic issues of racial
discrimination and violence, and our enduring love affair with the car.
Join us on this tour which will provide an on-the-ground experience of Levittown, an
inside peak at a DIY house museum and a visit to a nearby 18 th century village,
preserved because of Levittown.

Saturday, May 16, 10:30AM-2PM.

Meet at Levittown SEPTA rail station (outbound side).
Parking available (fee charged).
Fee = $5 for students, $10 for non-students.

Tickets available on TicketLeap

Students were engaged in conversations with mentors to get answers to questions about future career paths. UPenn graciously hosted the event, Temple University sponsored the event, and students from our volunteer committee created the announcement flyer, formulated questions for the mentors based on input from the attendees, and helped to get the word out, which ultimately brought together the largest group of participants yet.

This year’s event featured connection cards to help students exchange contact information and make lasting connections with professionals in the field. The Southeast Section Council Chair, John Federico, introduced the organization and invited participants to get involved in planning and future events. Following that, the APA PA Chapter President, Leah Eppinger, welcomed participants on behalf of the chapter and explained how the section and chapter are related.

To get involved with APAPASE please sign up for our newsletter at apapase.org or follow us on social media at:

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Students’ entries were evaluated by real engineers, architects, and planners for awards in various categories, and APAPASE selected Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy in Norristown for our Excellence in Planning Award. Among other elements, their city emphasized mixed use as a strategy for putting healthy food within reach for residents. Outstanding work!

The JADE (Justice Alliance in Design Education) Fellowship is a program organized by DesignPhiladelphia in partnership with our local colleges and universities that is “rooted in the belief that a small, diverse group of talented students, carefully selected and trained, can serve as a catalyst for individual and community development” (Posse Foundation,NYC). This program launched summer of 2024 and focused on supporting a diverse cohort of students in local architecture undergraduate programs, demonstrating that Philadelphia design students can create a community and a culture that foster their personal career growth, as well as a more inclusive and just culture for all design students and emerging professionals. This year in 2026 the fellowship is open to design undergraduate students of all design disciplines at participating schools (see eligibility below).

This program has 3 main goals:

• Support Career and Leadership Development for JADE Fellows
• Create More Inclusive & Connected Design Community for Everyone
• JADE Fellows and Alumni Continue Design Education & Pursue Careers in Design

The JADE Fellowship is awarded to assist undergraduate Black/African American, Latine /Hispanic, and/or Native American/Indigenous Hawaiian/Native Alaskan students enrolled in a design program at the following schools: Community College of Philadelphia, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, Drexel University, Penn State University, and University of Pennsylvania; by creating opportunities to participate in leadership and professional-development training, career exposure, community and civic engagement, immersive program development and delivery, and mentorship opportunities.  In person participation is required.

Dates/Timeline:

• February 25, 2026 – Application Launches
• March 27, 2026, 5:00pm EST – Deadline to Apply
• April 6-22, Interview period
• April 24, 2026 – Selected Students Awarded Fellowship
• May 28, 2026 – July 29, 2026 – 10-15 hour/week JADE Fellows Activities (break week of June 30 – July 4, 2025)
• June 29, 2026 – 12pm Capstone Presentations + Reception (invite your faculty advisor, family, and friends.
• Capstone Strategy Sessions August 3-7, 2026

 As part of the accreditation process for planning programs, the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) is interested in learning how local APA Sections interact with the “Master of City and Regional Planning” degree program at Temple University. Programs accredited by the PAB are expected to maintain a relationship with the profession, the local planning community, and the local APA Chapter.  To that end, PAB has requested that the APA PA Southeast Section conduct a survey of its membership – linked here.

 Please submit responses by Friday, February 27^th .   The survey is very short – 7 questions – and should only take a few minutes to complete.  Also, it is open to all APA members, not just Temple alumni.  Thank you for your time! 

Friday February 27th – 530p – 7p
1023 Hamilton St, Philadelphia, PA 19123

A historic building just outside the federal Callowhill Industrial Historic District, Love City has a variety of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, rotating food trucks, and ample indoor seating. There is street parking in the neighborhood and a paid lot right next to the brewery. It’s steps from the 23, 43, and 45 bus routes.

Tickets may be purchased on TicketLeap

The event will take place in the Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall, located at 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, a few blocks south of the MFL 34th Street Station between Walnut and Spruce Streets. All Planning students and professionals are welcome. You do not need to be a member of APA to attend!

The evening will include opportunities for networking and mentoring with refreshments provided. Planning professionals are encouraged to attend to act as “Mentors” who will share their planning experience and expertise with Planning students, including career and job-hunting advice. Mentors are also encouraged to share information or materials related to potential job/internship opportunities.  

We would like to thank our student and faculty volunteers from the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and West Chester University for their assistance in planning this valuable event.