PechaKucha Global Day for Haiti with Architecture for Humanity

Embassy of Austria

Submitted by Andrea on February 9, 2010 - 10:28pm

Venue Address: 

3524 International Court NW

Washington, DC 20008

United States

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www.austria.org

Austrian Cultural Forum Washington: www.acfdc.org

In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed in Haiti.

In response, the global PechaKucha family is coming together with Architecture for Humanity to lend a hand in rebuilding Haiti: 20 images, 20 seconds, 200 cities, 2,000 presentations, 200,000 people.

277 cities that host PechaKucha events worldwide will converge to present one continuous 24-hour edition of PechaKucha Night. Kicking off at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo, where PechaKucha Night was first conceived, the presentation wave will travel eastward, with cities presenting one after the other. Crossing all times zones and cultures, the event will be streamed live online and then finish in Tokyo the following day.

The evening will commence with opening remarks by Lola Poisson-Joseph, wife of The Ambassador of Haiti. Featured presenters include Bruce Macphail of Clowns without Borders and Josef Fuentes of Architecture for Humanity as well as Karina Gomes of Al Jazeera and Skyler Badenoch of buildOn who have both just returned from their missions in Haiti.

$20 Tickets in Advance at: http://pechakuchaforhaiti.eventbrite.com (Space is limited).

All proceeds will go to Architecture for Humanity for rebuilding Haiti. AFH operates globally, and was instrumental in getting projects built after the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Katrina. The design costs for the new buildings in Haiti have been already covered so all donations will go to tangible built projects.

RSVP required: rsvp@capitolpechakucha.org