In March 2020, a surge of vocal allyship for Black, POC, and Indigenous lives called for institutional recognition of racial inequity. Seeing galt. publication as a podium for student voices and being funded in-part through an institutional system, we decided to append our third issue with a supplemental zine project, entitled here & now.

The project called for anonymous and credited writings from within the school of architecture. Students and alumni responded overwhelmingly with lived experiences, essays, and visual art pieces. These works explored themes of othering, erasure, systemic racism, and evident barriers in the architectural field, education, and our community.