| PechaKucha Global Day for Haiti
Washington, DC Vol. 11

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. Please help us spread the word about our global event in February: 20 images, 20 seconds, 200 cities, 2,000 presentations, 200,000 people.

On Feb. 20, the 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.

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.

Watch the joint announcement made between Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, PechaKucha Night Founders in SuperDeluxe Tokyo - and Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity:
http://pecha-kucha.org/pechakucha-for-haiti

Confirmed speakers:

Lola Poisson-Joseph, the Ambassador of Haiti's wife and founder of the Children & Families Global Development Fund
http://cfgdfund.org/home
Bruce Macphail of Clowns without Borders who was in Haiti for a mission last year
http://clownswithoutborders.org/
Karina Gomes, Al Jazeera reporter who just returned from Haiti
http://english.aljazeera.net/
Skyler Badenoch, a relief worker from buildOn who went to Haiti a day before the quake and also just returned
http://www.buildon.org/
Josef Fuentes from the local Architecture for Humanity Chapter
http://www.afh-dc.org/
DJ Brien Watson
http://www.brienwatsondj.com/

Friday February 19 | 07:30pm | Embassy of Austria | 3524 International Court NW | Washington DC 20008
RSVP required: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - order tickets via Eventbrite: $20 Tickets in Advance at: http://pechakuchaforhaiti.eventbrite.com