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Lessons from Haiti: A former AfH Design Fellow shares his experience
May 23, 2013 - 12:00 - 13:30
AIA Chapter House
Join Casey Trees @ Langdon Park - 5 more openings left!
Langdon Park in Northeast D.C. is one of the largest public parks in the entire District serving numerous communities. On Saturday, April 13th @ 9:00am-12:000pm. Casey Trees will work alongside volunteers and members of the community to plant 39 trees on the park grounds.
We need a total of 5 volunteers to register by April 1st.
The registration process is simple—all interested participants register in the “Architecture for Humanity” section at the link below:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5426542936?access=ArchHum#
If you don't mind, once you register please email me portia@afh-dc.org to let me know your coming!
Grab Your Shovel - AFH is Join Casey Trees @ Langdon Park
Langdon Park in Northeast D.C. is one of the largest public parks in the entire District serving numerous communities. On Saturday, April 13th @ 9:00am-12:000pm. Casey Trees will work alongside volunteers and members of the community to plant 39 trees on the park grounds.
We need a total of 10 volunteers to register by April 1st.
The registration process is simple—all interested participants register in the “Architecture for Humanity” section at the link below:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5426542936?access=ArchHum#
If you don't mind all register participants please email me portia@afh-dc.org
Furniture!!!
Street furniture design build is an amazing event occurred Columbia Heights neighborhood. I've a fine time experiencing that event and crucially learned a lot about street furniture installing and place making elements in node 2. Thanks.
Rustic furniture
Resilience by Design Meeting: Time and Location
Dear all,
Our next Resilience by Design (Disaster Response Initiative) Meeting will be on Dec 12th @ 7pm at the Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (1001 Prince St Alexandria, VA).
Dinner will be provided so please RSVP and let us know of any food allergies/aversions.
We will be reviewing our current and upcoming projects, including our handbook, the Points of Dispensary work, and our submission to the Association of Preservation Technology Symposium. We'll be in "The Secret Room" on the upper level of the Library (upstairs and to the right).
Please RSVP to DisasterResponse@afh-dc.org. Hope to see you there!
I've been in this event and
I've been in this event and it was a lot beneficial to me and to many participants out there. I've learned new things that I did not encounter in my quality assurance certification training designing before.
Time and Place of Meeting
Dear Maya and all
Thank you for sharing this with the rest of the list. Here are the details for our proposed meeting's time and place:
Library: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
Room: MLK Room 221
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Thanks again,
Raed
Spots available for Phillips Merrill Environmental Center Tour
Hello all,
There are spots still available for the tour. You can contact me at jaf@afh-dc.org so to save a spot for you and to keep you in the loop for details relating to the tour.
Saturday July 28th at 10 am - Tour of Phillips Merrill Environmental Center @ 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403
-Joe
Excellent News!
Thanks for sharing, Maya.
Hi Luke, The meeting in
Hi Luke,
The meeting in January will be a Core meeting, which typically includes those members who are active with current projects or committees. But we'd like to have you involved - please email me at mattj@afh-dc.org and we can discuss.
thanks-
Matt J.
Next Meeting
Is the meeting in January open to be attended by all members? I'm trying to figure out the best way to get involved. Thanks!