An Online Journal of Exceptional Achievement
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This issue of BD is acutely relevant for the times in which we live. Freedom of thought in education is under political attack: incessant assaults on learning institutions, book bannings, white washing of history, and political impediments for the study of this country's true history. This is an epoch of struggle to promote unencumbered learning and scholarship in a quest for truth. As a new academic year begins, BD reaffirms our steadfast
commitment to the next generation of design professionals and our communities — and a pedagogy based on truth
and freedom of scholarship...
Roy Rogelio Hernández
Founder & Publisher
ByDesign

In this issue
Memo Fighting the Powerful, Siding with the Powerless for a Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Rogelio Roy Hernández, Publisher
Perspective CASA Alumni Mentorship Program
Joseph Martinez, Martinez-Cutri
CASA Study Abroad CASA Member Studies in Barcelona, and Sees Europe
Lourdes Aguayo Francia, UC Berkeley
Cover Story Block By Block: The Struggle to Bring Community College to San Francisco Chinatown
Jennie Lew, Planner
Scholarly Essay Echoes: Unveiling Timeless Expressions of the Americas
Sulem Hernandez, CASA Alumni Fellow, Martinez - Cutri
Latinx in Architecture Strengthen, Educate & Expand Latino Design Community’s Visibility & Impact
Melissa Iris Garcia AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, Principal, herman coliver locus architecture
Scholarly Essay Sustainability and a Worldview: Renovation of the Ancient Waru Waru
Faith Cuellar, 2023 CASA Alumni Intern, Martinez – Cutri
Scholarly Essay Mystification: A Conversation Between the Spoon/Cherry and the Vessel
Alma Rodriguez Guzman, 2023 CASA Alumni Intern, Martinez – Cutri