Arch for Humanity: Haiti Relief
ONE PEACE AT A TIME
DATE: Wednesday, March 3rd
TIME: 7:30 pm
TICKETS: $15 tickets available at the River Oaks Theatre box office and website
CONTACT: Bridget Rynne (afh.houston at gmail.com, or via facebook!)
100% of Proceeds donated to Architecture for Humanity’s Rebuilding Efforts in Haiti.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Can we provide basic rights – water, nutrition, education, healthcare, and a sustainable and peaceful environment – to every child on Earth? In his inspiring documentary One Peace at a Time, director Turk Pipkin searches to answer this question, addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems. Filmed in 20 countries on 5 continents, the solutions chronicled include Ethiopian Water projects with A Glimmer of Hope, education solutions with The Hole in the Wall, the model Indian orphanages of The Miracle Foundation, along with other innovative programs. The film includes insight from Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Physicist Steven Chu (Barack Obama’s Secretary of Eenrgy), Dr. Helene Gayle (CEO of CARE, International), Cameron Sinclair (Founder and Executive Director of Architecture for Humanity), and many others. Music by Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, Cat Stevens, Explosions in the Sky, and more.
ABOUT THE CAUSE:
The Houston Chapter screening, in collaboration with the Nobelity project, is part of Architecture for Humanity’s international fundraising effort to provide immediate shelter and long-term reconstruction support after the January 12th earthquake that left much of the vital infrastructure of the country destroyed. Architecture for Humanity works primarily in the reconstruction phase of post disaster situations and will be focused on both transitional and permanent housing and community structures. AfH has partnered with Yele Haiti, AIDG and other local groups by supplying them with pro bono construction and design professionals, setting up community housing resource centers and support in the design and building of earthquake resistant structures. These include the Youth Sports and Disaster Recovery Center in Port-au-Prince, which was planned in 2009 and is ready to begin construction.
ABOUT THE HOUSTON CHAPTER OF ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY: THE BACK STORY
What started off as a $7 ticket to attend RDA’s 2007 Lecture Series: Design Activist: Agents of Change has led to a $10,000 fundraising goal for disaster relief in Haiti. One of Cameron Sinclair’s early visits to Houston challenged designers to build with conviction, or more aptly stated “like you give a damn.” In early efforts to form a Houston arm of Architecture for Humanity, students, professionals, and professors gathered together and drank like they gave a damn, participated in local charettes like they gave a damn and finally, joined AIA’s Sand Castle like they gave a damn. There were honest efforts and good intentions of so many who have emailed and mingled at the invitation of Architecture for Humanity, Houston Chapter. However, AfH Houston has not had a project to occupy these humanitarian design ambassadors- until now. The level of destruction and loss in Haiti is massive. Relief will come in the form awareness, collaboration and dollars. Support and donations can be made by purchasing tickets to ONE PEACE AT A TIME or donating directly to AfH Houston. Come on, Houstonians; donate like you give a damn.
To watch the film’s trailer and learn more about The Nobelity Project at: www.nobelity.org
To learn more about Architecture for Humanity, or make a direct donation to the Rebuild Haiti Fund, go to: www.architectureforhumanity.org
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