Peter Mayer designers and copywriters joined President Wes McWhorter and other board members of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) New Orleans chapter for a lunch presentation yesterday at the agency.

AIGA member and Peter Mayer Senior Designer Tom Futrell talked about AIGA as an excellent resource for meeting other design professionals, but he is also using his membership to help others. Futrell is mentoring a local high school student through the organization’s “Create Don’t Hate” program. The program brings artistically talented youth from disadvantaged communities to the mentors’ places of work, where they are currently designing and developing billboards about tolerance. The program aims to help the students build confidence and inspiration and to expose them to the design profession.

For more information on AIGA New Orleans, please visit aiganeworleans.org/.