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.
*The exact time and location for our event in DC will be announced soon.*
We are looking for presenters, sponsors and volunteers.
Already presentations are being prepared - some are intended to offer hope and encouragement through stories of past disaster relief projects, while others offer simple inspiration by showing the power of great creative thinking.
Please send your submissions to present to
info@capitolpechakucha.org. Submissions must include: 1.Name 2.Organization 3.Email 4.Phone 5.Title 6.Image (min.5) 7.Description.
All of the 2,000 presentations generated from the one-day event - what could be the world's biggest single day globally distributed conference - will be posted online at PechaKucha Presentation. All presentations will have a donate button to raise money.
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.
The beauty of the simple 20x20 format is the presentations are so easy to make and voice, so each month AFH will make updates in the 20x20 format which will be posted on line and shown at all the PechaKucha Night around the world in the coming month to show how the PechaKucha Fund is being used and to help keep the interest level high through until completion.
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://www.pecha-kucha.org/pechakucha-for-haiti
We will keep you posted with updates and look forward to hearing from you. We strive on your feedback and suggestions to make each event more successful.
Thank you!
