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RAW-NYC Architects Founded by RAYA ANI, RAW-NYC Architects is a global architecture & design practice based in New York & Dubai.

We specialize in innovative and sustainable architecture, interiors, urban planning, and construction across diverse scales and contexts.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.On Thursday June 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM I received a call. I was told I did not make the runoff...
06/16/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

On Thursday June 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM I received a call. I was told I did not make the runoff. I was calm. Not sad. Not disappointed. It was simply a thermometer reading โ€” a snapshot of the current state of things.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

I am immensely proud of this work because I know what it took to do it the right way.

Behind the scenes: No one with political capital advocated on my behalf. No bloc voting. No prior alliances. My support was grassroots. Some who believed in me did not show it publicly because of what it might cost them further down the line. There were also those whose decisions were influenced by existing relationships, future opportunities, or commitments already made.

The big blocs โ€” including New York, which alone is enough to tip the vote โ€” were committed elsewhere through prior alliances. My chapter assignment was International | Middle East until the war forced me to relocate โ€” too late for those alignments to form.

๐—œ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ. ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ๐—”.

I led this entire campaign on my own. Every video. Every piece of content. Every track. I created two videos specifically about voting to reach delegates. I spent more than 4 months researching, listening, learning, and trying to understand what members, leaders, and the Institute were struggling with before putting forward my vision.

The updated delegate list arrived only days before the election. Many delegates did not have the time to read the delegate booklet or listen to the 5-minute campaign speech published on AIA's YouTube channel. They are volunteers with full lives. I understand that. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

I wish the incoming leadership well in tackling the very structural barriers we all say we are against.

The attached messages tell the whole story. Most were thoughtful and validating. Yet one person wrote in all capital letters telling me not to send emails. A few unsubscribed. Again โ€” it is a thermometer reading.

Someone told me to meet people where they are. I do โ€” in empathy and kindness. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น.

I am excited about the work ahead โ€” because that is where I have full agency over what matters most. My celebration officially starts now. My West Coast and New York photoshoots are coming at the end of the month.

Names in the attached messages are kept confidential. These words matter more than any vote count.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. โค๏ธ

June 10, 2026 โ€” 10:00 AM(Voting starts at 6:00 PM โ€” 10:00 PM โ€” in 8 hours)Many of you have told me you believe in what w...
06/10/2026

June 10, 2026 โ€” 10:00 AM
(Voting starts at 6:00 PM โ€” 10:00 PM โ€” in 8 hours)

Many of you have told me you believe in what we have built together. ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. But I cannot know this for certain.

I know I brought every ounce of effort, strategic thinking, academic rigor, experience, integrity, resilience, courage, emotional intelligence, and a lifelong commitment to mentorship and empowerment to this campaign โ€” and the willingness to put AIA and its members ahead of my own interests.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ€” ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜. This campaign tested that. I believe I lived up to it.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

I know I represent many who are underrepresented in this profession โ€” and I care about everyone. Because while our experiences may be different, I understand what it means to struggle, to persevere, and to seek opportunity.

๐—œ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป. It is why I have the energy of five people in one. I have spent my 37-year career striving to demonstrate that merit, integrity, and commitment speak louder than anything else. That belief drove this campaign. I engaged actively, authentically, and with everything I had.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. I am grateful for every one of you who showed up and supported me in the way you could.

I know that the impact I created during this campaign will not disappear โ€” it lives in the digital footprint I built, in the ideas I put forward, and in the conversations I started.

www.rayaaniforpresident.com

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ.

June 9, 2026 โ€” 4:00 AM(The 4 AM wake-up is real โ€” and I did it on almost every day of this campaign.)This past Friday I ...
06/10/2026

June 9, 2026 โ€” 4:00 AM

(The 4 AM wake-up is real โ€” and I did it on almost every day of this campaign.)

This past Friday I concluded all five of my campaign emails โ€” the result of months of strategy, conversations with AIA members and leadership, research, and creating content to advocate for and explain this platform. This included producing more than 30 videos โ€” 10 filmed in Washington DC and 20 more created to bring this platform directly to you.
My work is supported by three video channels โ€” each representing a different dimension of my leadership:

๐—”๐—œ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น โ€” 17 videos created specifically for this campaign, 10 filmed in Washington DC
https://youtube.com/playlist...

๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—– ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น โ€” 33 videos representing my public spheres of influence, 5 created specifically for this campaign
https://youtube.com/playlist...

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น โ€” 25 videos representing more than 10 years of advocacy for innovation, technology, and sustainability through practice, 6 created as part of this campaign
https://youtube.com/playlist...

The attached image is a visual reference of Email 1 only โ€” the images here are not clickable. But each link below opens the full email where every image and video is an active link leading directly to information about that track.

๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-15-the-full-picture-raya-ani...
๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-25-track-1-foundation-raya...
๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฏ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-35-track-2-structure-raya...
๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฐ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ โ€” ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-45-track-3-envelope-raya-ani...
๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฑ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฐ โ€” ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-55-track-4-future-systems...

June 10, 2026 โ€” 10:00 AM(Voting starts at 6:00 PM โ€” 10:00 PM โ€” in 8 hours)Many of you have told me you believe in what w...
06/10/2026

June 10, 2026 โ€” 10:00 AM
(Voting starts at 6:00 PM โ€” 10:00 PM โ€” in 8 hours)

Many of you have told me you believe in what we have built together. ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. But I cannot know this for certain.

I know I brought every ounce of effort, strategic thinking, academic rigor, experience, integrity, resilience, courage, emotional intelligence, and a lifelong commitment to mentorship and empowerment to this campaign โ€” and the willingness to put AIA and its members ahead of my own interests.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ€” ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜. This campaign tested that. I believe I lived up to it.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

I know I represent many who are underrepresented in this profession โ€” and I care about everyone. Because while our experiences may be different, I understand what it means to struggle, to persevere, and to seek opportunity.

๐—œ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป. It is why I have the energy of five people in one.

I have spent my 37-year career striving to demonstrate that merit, integrity, and commitment speak louder than anything else. That belief drove this campaign. I engaged actively, authentically, and with everything I had.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. I am grateful for every one of you who showed up and supported me in the way you could.

I know that the impact I created during this campaign will not disappear โ€” it lives in the digital footprint I built, in the ideas I put forward, and in the conversations I started.

www.rayaaniforpresident.com

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ.

If you are still undecided, I encourage you to explore the materials, watch the videos, and
evaluate the ideas for yourself.

๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.

June 9, 2026 โ€” 4:00 AM (The 4 AM wake-up is real โ€” and I did it on almost every day of this campaign.)

This past Friday I concluded all five of my campaign emails โ€” the result of months of strategy, conversations with AIA members and leadership, research, and creating content to advocate for and explain this platform. This included producing more than 30 videos โ€” 10 filmed in Washington DC and 20 more created to bring this platform directly to you.

My work is supported by three video channels โ€” each representing a different dimension of my leadership:

๐—”๐—œ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น โ€” 17 videos created specifically for this campaign, 10 filmed in Washington DC
https://youtube.com/playlist...
๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—– ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น โ€” 33 videos representing my public spheres of influence, 5 created specifically for this campaign
https://youtube.com/playlist...
๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น โ€” 25 videos representing more than 10 years of advocacy for innovation, technology, and sustainability through practice, 6 created as part of this campaign
https://youtube.com/playlist...
The attached image is a visual reference of Email 1 only โ€” the images here are not clickable. But each link below opens the full email where every image and video is an active link leading directly to information about that track.

๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-15-the-full-picture-raya-ani...

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-25-track-1-foundation-raya...

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฏ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-35-track-2-structure-raya...

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฐ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ โ€” ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-45-track-3-envelope-raya-ani...

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฑ โ€” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฐ โ€” ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€
https://mailchi.mp/.../email-55-track-4-future-systems... See less

06/04/2026

I've been told there are more than 81 opportunities to make an impact through AIA volunteer service.

Board committees. Award juries. Knowledge communities. Micro-volunteering opportunitiesโ€”and more.

Applications are open through June 15.

Apply here: https://youtu.be/nb_uJaZWvsE?si=q0rQMmC1CQf3zN-i

06/03/2026

Vote with intention. The choice is yours.

Voting Process: Voting for AIA officers and At-large Director will be conducted electronically on Wednesday, June 10, from 6:00โ€“10:00 PM PT.

06/02/2026

In 2009, as Lead Architect and Designer at EEK Architects, I led the winning design vision for 250 East 57th Street โ€” a landmark mixed-use development on the Upper East Side that competed against some of the most prominent architectural firms in the United States.

Our vision won.

From that victory came a commission to transform a 90-year-old abandoned nurse's residence into a vibrant neighborhood elementary school โ€” designed and built in 18 months, while New York City introduced its first green building standards and codes.

The result was PS 59, The Beekman Hill International School โ€” New York City's first certified green public school, achieving compliance with the City Council's new sustainable design standards.

Published in Architectural Record. Recognized internationally.
In 2010, it was founded as PS 267 โ€” the East Side Elementary School โ€” one of the highest performing public elementary schools in New York State. In September 2025, I returned to the school. Kindergartners were drawing on the sidewalk with chalk โ€” colorful, fearless, and free.

16 years later, the building still inspires.

The children still create.

That is why we build.

RAYA ANI | FAIA | LEED AP www.rayaani.com www.rayaaniforpresident.com

06/01/2026

Campaign Website: https://www.rayaaniforpresident.com

A walkthrough of the campaign website and the different sections shaping this journey.

This video highlights three main sections of the platform:

๐—”๐—œ๐—”

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜†: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐˜: ๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ
โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†
- ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ โ€” Foundation
- ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฎ โ€” Structure
- ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ โ€” Envelope
- ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฐ โ€” Future Systems

๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
โ€ข ๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
- Professional Stewardship of the Discipline
- Public Dialogue and Global Forums
- Academic Engagement and Mentorship
- Publications and Media Coverage
โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜

โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
- Design Innovation and Competition Work
- Technology and Emerging Systems
- Sustainability and Environmental Thinking
- Global Practice and Strategic Initiatives
โ€ข ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

The website includes a running ticker highlighting the broader philosophy and direction behind the campaign, along with a carousel connecting to:

โ€ข ๐—”๐—œ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น: https://bit.ly/RAYAANI-AIA
โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—– ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น: https://lnkd.in/dVceG9eS
โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น: https://lnkd.in/dptDwif2

The platform also includes:
โ€ข Social media platforms
โ€ข Campaign speeches and Letters to the Public: https://lnkd.in/gkd4e77w...
โ€ข Direct contact and outreach information

05/30/2026

Advancing digital fluency is key to preparing our profession for a changing technological landscape. As part of Track 4: Future Systems, we're setting the stage to lead in the evolving world of architecture.

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