Join NAWIC Triangle and AIA WIA for a unique evening of honest conversation, meaningful connection, and shared experiences.

We Messed Up is built around a simple but powerful idea: every successful leader has made mistakes, faced setbacks, and learned valuable lessons along the way. Yet those stories are often the ones we hear the least.

Throughout the evening, women leaders will share brief, personal stories about a career misstep, how they recovered, and what they learned from the experience. Their stories will be relatable, insightful, and a reminder that growth often comes from the moments that don't go as planned. Before the program begins, enjoy networking over drinks and light bites. Attendance is limited to encourage authentic conversation and meaningful connection.

Our hope is that attendees leave feeling more confident taking risks, knowing that even accomplished leaders have had moments they'd rather forget.

Join us for Building Conversations: Architects and Local Leaders, a morning roundtable bringing together local elected officials and members of the design profession for meaningful dialogue about the future of our communities.  

Over a light breakfast, we’ll explore how zoning, housing policy, and planning decisions impact affordability, sustainability, walkability, and civic design, and why architects should be at the table when those decisions are made.  

This is more than a networking event; it’s an opportunity to influence how our cities grow. Architects and designers are uniquely positioned to help shape equitable, people-centered places, and this conversation is a critical step toward making design a central part of public policy.

Light Breakfast will be provided  
Hosted by AIA Triangle and CITYBUILDER
Funded by an AIA NC ACTIVATE Grant