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110 | Cities of the Future, Cities of the Past

Engaging + Reframing the 'Refugee' Crisis Kilian Kleinschmidt is an international networker, development, and migration expert with 30 years of experience in a wide range of countries, emergencies, and refugee camps as a United Nations official, Aid worker, and diplomat.

Community Development

111 | Adapting our Global Institutions to Today’s Challenges

Podcast

Engaging + Reframing the 'Refugee' Crisis Dr. Nina Hall’s advocacy and research span varying fields. Her professional work looks specifically at how international agencies like UNHCR, IOM, UNDP, DFID, etc. are grappling with climate change, new threats in the age of global migration, urbanization, and climate change.

Community Development

112 | Giving Migrants a Voice

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Engaging + Reframing the 'Refugee' Crisis Mariam Traore Chazalnoel is a Senior Policy Officer at the Geneva Headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Community Development

113 | Opening the World to Refugees

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Engaging + Reframing the 'Refugee' Crisis The Refugee Academy is a Berlin-based non-profit that creates learning spaces for refugees seeking to assimilate.

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114 | Hacking Tech to Assist Refugees

Podcast

Engaging + Reframing the 'Refugee' Crisis Initially a “wedding registry for humanitarian aid,” NeedsList is software that any organization can license to match needs and offers in real-time for urgent local needs.

Community Development

116 | This is Architecture as Well

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Engaging + Reframing the 'Refugee' Crisis Rania Qawasma of Architecture for Refugees joins us to discuss what designers can do to help welcome refugees.

Community Development

41 | Recognizing the Unrecognized

Podcast

Social Design Circle Honoree

What can design do to promote peace? Malkit Shoshan of the Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory discusses the architecture of conflict.

Community Development
Conflict and Disaster

47 | Using Design to Bring Down Crime

Podcast

Social Design Circle Honoree

Does design create politics or vice versa? Kathryn Ewing and Don Shay of VPUU outline how community-based planning can make real results in crime prevention.

Community Development
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59 | Architecture at the Border of Design and Politics

Podcast

How do we design resistance? Ronald Rael is an applied architectural researcher, design activist, author, and thought leader in the fields of additive manufacturing and earthen architecture. Additionally, he works extensively in the field of research at the intersection of politics and architecture at the U.S. Mexico Border.

Advocacy

60-61 | Justice, Incarceration & Design, Part 1 & 2

Podcast

How do we design resistance? Deanna Van Buren and Raphael Sperry join us to discuss the architecture of incarceration, and how their respective work campaigns for reform

Advocacy

79-80 | Inciting Radical Communities, Part 1 & 2

Podcast

Social Design Circle Honoree

How can cities be reimagined by their citizens? Two central figures in public art and community building unveil how they help communities take control of their own futures.

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Alliance of Community Trainers

CSF Grantee

Can design increase civic engagement? The Alliance of Community Trainers works with communities to create a shared vision and to empower communities with tools for problem solving, conflict resolution, alternative technology, environmental sustainability and more.

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Bait al Karama

Social Design Circle Honoree

How can a women-led culinary school promote peace and understanding? Bait al Karama, Palestinian Nablus’ first women’s center, combines a culinary social enterprise with cultural activities. Translated as “House of Dignity,” it is located in an area devastated by conflict.

Advocacy
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Conflictorium

Social Design Circle Honoree

Can a museum help people face and resolve conflict? The Conflictorium is a participatory museum that addresses the theme of conflict. It uses art and interactive exhibits to neutrally address how conflicts begin and how they can be resolved.

Advocacy
Conflict and Disaster

El Equipo Mazzanti

Social Design Circle Honoree

Podcast

Why is all architecture social? El Equipo Mazzanti is a Colombian design studio specializing in socially driven architectural design and academic research.

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Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory

Social Design Circle Honoree

Podcast

Is there a relationship between architecture, planning, politics and human rights? The Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory (FAST) is a think tank founded from a desire to spark a discussion about how political powers use architecture and architects to implement ideological agendas.

Community Development
Conflict and Disaster

PICO Colectivo

Social Design Circle Honoree

Is design about the process or the result? PICO focuses on interventions in gathering spaces. They believe that architecture is not an end it in itself. The process of understanding the interaction of life and space is vital.

Community Development
Urban Strategies

Refugee Academy

Social Design Circle Honoree

Can refugees be a national asset? Berlin’s The Refugee Academy responds to the influx of refugees into Germany. Their work is about designing new ways to think about migration.

Advocacy
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Conflict and Disaster

RIWAQ

2012 Prize Winner

Video

Can restoration work in Palestine reinforce cultural identity? Founded in 1991 by Dr. Suad Amiry and a group of fellow architects and intellectuals, RIWAQ is a Ramallah-based non-profit organization that protects and develops architectural heritage in Palestine.

Advocacy
Conflict and Disaster

Studios Kabako

2014 Prize Winner

Video

Can art transform a nation torn apart by conflict and strife? Studios Kabako’s cultural programs and urban interventions create a network for artistic expression in a city isolated by war, political corruption, civil strife, and poverty. In addition, through international commissions and performances, the studio informs an international audience of the geopolitical consequences of postcolonial instability and the exploitation of the Central Africa region.

Community Development
Conflict and Disaster

Violence Prevention Through Urban Upgrading

Social Design Circle Honoree

Podcast

Can urban upgrading reduce crime? In Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, Violence Prevention Through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) uses urban planning to fight crime, developing interventions in high-crime spots. They create decent, livable communities through local planning.

Community Development
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The Curry Stone Foundation (CSF) is the brainchild of architect, urban planner and developer Clifford Curry, FAIA, and the historical archeologist Dr. Delight Stone, RPA. It was inspired by a shared conviction that design thinking and design actions can—and should, serve those wishing to contribute to community vitality and human dignity. Most of all, we believe that design should be available to those most in need.

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REQUESTS FOR FUNDING

We are struggling to comprehend the magnitude and horror during this period of Covid-19.

The deaths, the illnesses, millions unemployed, millions in quarantine, borders closed and the disruption of normalcy.

Curry Stone Foundation is receiving numerous unsolicited requests for support in light of this crisis. Many of these have significant merit, and we understand the need is great.

Prior the Pandemic, our budget for 2020 and 2021 was committed to projects still in process, in India and elsewhere. Now, as a direct result of the crisis, we anticipate that these will need supplemental funds to reach completion. As these projects impact fragile, marginalized populations, we need to reserve emergency funds for that purpose.

For these reasons, we will not be able to assist financially with any immediate requests for funds.

Appreciatively,

Curry Stone Foundation